Elevation of Laye, Kourwéogo, Burkina Faso

Laye, Kourwéogo, Burkina Faso is 331 m (1,086 ft) above sea level.

Laye's height from sea level is 331 metres, or 1,086 feet. GeoNames reads 339 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 333 m.

Ground within 5 km

313 m – 355 m

Mean 335 m across the 10.1 km square centred on the town, 42 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

6th of 10

among the towns of Kourwéogo, and 113th of 585 in Burkina Faso.

Nearest town

8.1 km to the S, at 341 m, 10 m higher.

Cross-section through Laye

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 Laye; the vertical scale is the same on both.

356295WE28.4 km
West to east: from 338 m at 14 km west to 299 m at 14 km east.
356295NS28.4 km
North to south: from 316 m at 14 km north to 342 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 60 km around Laye, 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 Laye

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Sanon 8.1 kmS 341 m (1,119 ft) +10 m
Kaonghin 12 kmNE 311 m (1,020 ft) −20 m
Sourgoubila 12.2 kmS 332 m (1,089 ft) +1 m
Sao 13.1 kmNW 330 m (1,083 ft) −1 m
Boussé 19.2 kmNW 340 m (1,115 ft) +9 m

Where Laye is

Latitude 12.52262, longitude -1.770792. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Laye elevation: 331 m (1,086 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 Laye'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 339 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.