Elevation of Gassan, Nayala, Burkina Faso

Gassan, Nayala, Burkina Faso is 263 m (863 ft) above sea level.

Gassan's height from sea level is 263 metres, or 863 feet. GeoNames reads 264 m at the same point (SRTM).

Ground within 5 km

260 m – 274 m

Mean 264 m across the 10.1 km square centred on the town, 14 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

13th of 13

among the towns of Nayala, and 541st of 585 in Burkina Faso.

Nearest town

17.5 km to the SE, at 272 m, 9 m higher.

Cross-section through Gassan

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 28.4 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Gassan; the vertical scale is the same on both.

306245WE28.4 km
West to east: from 273 m at 14 km west to 291 m at 14 km east.
306245NS28.4 km
North to south: from 267 m at 14 km north to 280 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 60 km around Gassan, 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 Gassan

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Yé 17.5 kmSE 272 m (892 ft) +9 m
Biba 25.7 kmE 294 m (965 ft) +31 m
Kassan (Sourou) 27.2 kmNE 291 m (955 ft) +28 m
Douroula (Mouhoun) 28.5 kmS 272 m (892 ft) +9 m
Sono (Kossi) 30.4 kmW 257 m (843 ft) −6 m

Where Gassan is

Latitude 12.8166667, longitude -3.2. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Gassan elevation: 263 m (863 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 Gassan'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 264 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.