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Largest High Countries

Name the countries with the highest average elevation times their land area. This is a measure of how much land is at high altitude.
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Last updated: September 12, 2022
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Elevation x Area
(M cubic km)
Answer
17.66
China
10.26
Russia
7.24
United States
4.86
Canada
2.73
Brazil
2.54
Australia
2.47
Mongolia
2.18
Mexico
Elevation x Area
(M cubic km)
Answer
2.15
Iran
2.04
India
2.00
Peru
1.91
Algeria
1.70
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1.65
Argentina
1.47
Ethiopia
Tahoeskier
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Level 73
Sep 12, 2022
Fun quiz, thank you! It would be helpful to know the definition of "High altitude" in meters or feet. Thanks!
Philguypi
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Level 48
Sep 14, 2022
Great question, as the description reads, the data is generated by multiplying the average land elevation of each country by its land area. The result has units of length^3, and is conceptually a measure of how much land is at high altitude.
jayhiatt
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Level 70
Sep 13, 2022
This is an interesting concept, though it doesn't actually measure how much land is at high elevation. It's just area times average elevation. Since area in km^2 is much higher than even the highest elevation, it skews heavily towards large countries. Case in point, Australia is #6, despite having a high point of only about 7,000 feet (so by most definitions, Australia has little to no land at high elevation), while Afghanistan, with an average elevation of over 6,000 feet, doesn't make the list, despite being the 40th largest country by elevation.
Philguypi
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Level 48
Sep 14, 2022
Yes, I chose not to rescale the average elevation, but perhaps I should have to make the quiz more interesting. I agree the list is dominated by large countries and I wanted it to be more specialized.
Philguypi
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Level 48
Sep 14, 2022
I'll add to this, that ethiopia and mongolia are really the only countries not in the top 15 largest countries that end up on this list.
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