Illustration: In a coastal science museum, a child studies a three-dimensional model of a Japanese island with a tall central mountain. The model's sea surface extends as a clear horizontal shelf to the mountain's cutaway interior.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

標ひょう高こう

hyoukou

elevation above sea level

Example sentences

  1. この山やまは標高ひょうこう3,000メートルです。

    This mountain has an altitude of 3,000 meters.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 標高ひょうこうがぐんと高たかくなると呼吸困難こきゅうこんなんを感かんじる。

    In high altitudes, people find it hard to breathe.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. この街まちは標高ひょうこう１６００メートルです。

    This city is 1,600 meters above sea level.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 標高

  • 標signpost; sealOnヒョウKunしるべ・しるし
  • 高tall; highOnコウKunたかい・たか・たかまる

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