Elevation of Korongwe, Rukwa, Tanzania

Korongwe, Rukwa, Tanzania is 799 m (2,621 ft) above sea level.

Korongwe's height from sea level is 799 metres, or 2,621 feet. GeoNames reads 809 m at the same point (SRTM).

Ground within 5 km

767 m – 1,017 m

Mean 787 m across the 10.2 km square centred on the town, 250 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

18th of 21

among the towns of Rukwa, and 371st of 482 in Tanzania.

Nearest town

12.4 km to the N, at 770 m, 29 m lower.

Cross-section through Korongwe

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 28.6 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Korongwe; the vertical scale is the same on both.

965752WE28.6 km
West to east: from 767 m at 14 km west to 950 m at 14 km east.
965752NS28.6 km
North to south: from 767 m at 14 km north to 767 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 60 km around Korongwe, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid
Relief, 60 km across, north up; the ring marks the town.

Shading is a north-west light over the grid's own slopes. Colour follows elevation: sea level and below, 0–200 m, 500 m, 1,000 m, 2,000 m, 3,500 m, 5,000 m and above.

Towns near Korongwe

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Kabwe 12.4 kmN 770 m (2,526 ft) −29 m
Kirando 31 kmS 798 m (2,618 ft) −1 m
Karema 38.9 kmN 775 m (2,543 ft) −24 m

Where Korongwe is

Latitude -7.15, longitude 30.53. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Korongwe elevation: 799 m (2,621 ft) above sea level

A small badge with the town's elevation, linking back here. The number updates if the grid reading ever changes.

About this reading

The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Korongwe's recorded coordinates. It is the height of the ground in that cell, not of any building; a town on a slope spans several cells, and the range above says how much that matters here. GeoNames' reading of 809 m comes from a finer 90 m SRTM grid at the point it records for the town, which may sit a few hundred metres from ours; the two agreeing to within a few metres is the usual case on flat ground, and a larger gap means the ground is steep.