Elevation of Baraya, Huila, Colombia

Baraya, Huila, Colombia is 617 m (2,024 ft) above sea level.

Baraya's height from sea level is 617 metres, or 2,024 feet. GeoNames reads 612 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 620 m.

Ground within 5 km

504 m – 1,108 m

Mean 675 m across the 10.2 km square centred on the town, 604 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

29th of 37

among the towns of Huila, and 595th of 1,000 in Colombia.

Nearest town

12.8 km to the SW, at 600 m, 17 m lower.

Cross-section through Baraya

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 28.7 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Baraya; the vertical scale is the same on both.

2,195287WE28.7 km
West to east: from 419 m at 14 km west to 2,063 m at 14 km east.
2,195287NS28.7 km
North to south: from 465 m at 14 km north to 1,213 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 60 km around Baraya, 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 Baraya

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Tello 12.8 kmSW 600 m (1,969 ft) −17 m
Villavieja 19.4 kmW 388 m (1,273 ft) −229 m
Alpujarra (Tolima) 29.8 kmNE 1,291 m (4,236 ft) +674 m
Aipe 30 kmW 447 m (1,467 ft) −170 m
Neiva 32.8 kmSW 456 m (1,496 ft) −161 m

Where Baraya is

Latitude 3.1530556, longitude -75.0530556. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Baraya elevation: 617 m (2,024 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 Baraya'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 612 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.