Elevation of Koundoula, Bam, Burkina Faso

Koundoula, Bam, Burkina Faso is 327 m (1,073 ft) above sea level.

Koundoula's height from sea level is 327 metres, or 1,073 feet. GeoNames reads 315 m at the same point (SRTM).

Ground within 5 km

306 m – 348 m

Mean 325 m across the 10.1 km square centred on the town, 42 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

8th of 11

among the towns of Bam, and 130th of 585 in Burkina Faso.

Nearest town

3.6 km to the N, at 339 m, 12 m higher.

Cross-section through Koundoula

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 Koundoula; the vertical scale is the same on both.

381287WE28.4 km
West to east: from 339 m at 14 km west to 319 m at 14 km east.
381287NS28.4 km
North to south: from 345 m at 14 km north to 294 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 60 km around Koundoula, 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 Koundoula

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Bouga (Yatenga) 3.6 kmN 339 m (1,112 ft) +12 m
Kirsi (Passoré) 18 kmS 293 m (961 ft) −34 m
Tikaré 18.2 kmNE 351 m (1,152 ft) +24 m
Titao (Loroum) 20.6 kmW 314 m (1,030 ft) −13 m
Niangouéla 23.2 kmE 314 m (1,030 ft) −13 m

Where Koundoula is

Latitude 13.2, longitude -1.87. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Koundoula elevation: 327 m (1,073 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 Koundoula'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 315 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.