Elevation of Kachikau, Chobe, Botswana

Kachikau, Chobe, Botswana is 957 m (3,140 ft) above sea level.

Kachikau's height from sea level is 957 metres, or 3,140 feet. GeoNames reads 969 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 943 m.

Ground within 5 km

931 m – 994 m

Mean 962 m across the 10 km square centred on the town, 63 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

3rd of 5

among the towns of Chobe, and 173rd of 243 in Botswana.

Nearest town

12.4 km to the NE, at 943 m, 14 m lower.

Cross-section through Kachikau

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 28 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Kachikau; the vertical scale is the same on both.

1,003924WE28 km
West to east: from 933 m at 14 km west to 996 m at 14 km east.
1,003924NS28 km
North to south: from 930 m at 14 km north to 987 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 59 km around Kachikau, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid
Relief, 59 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 Kachikau

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Legotlhwana (Ngamiland) 12.4 kmNE 943 m (3,094 ft) −14 m
Kavimba 24.4 kmNE 943 m (3,094 ft) −14 m

Where Kachikau is

Latitude -18.1572222, longitude 24.5. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Kachikau elevation: 957 m (3,140 ft) above sea level

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About this reading

The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Kachikau'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 969 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. Wikidata's figure is the one its editors cite for the town, often from a survey marker or the town hall.