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The elevation of a town, city, or other key location is an indicator of how high or low it is when compared to sea level and is a very important geographical statistic, used for architecture, town planning, weather forecasts, and more. The elevation of Donner Pass is very high due to its location among the Sierra Nevada. Donner Pass’ elevation is 7,056 feet (2,151 m). Most major cities and towns around the United States are situated at elevations of 500 feet (152 m) or less, but the nearest city to Donner Pass, Truckee, has a high elevation of 5,817 feet (1,773 m).
The highest peak in the Sierra Nevada is Mount Whitney, which has an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m) and is also the highest mountain in all of California and the rest of the contiguous United States. The lowest point in the state of California is Badwater Basin, which can be found in Death Valley. Badwater Basin has an elevation of 279 feet (85 m) below sea level and is the lowest elevation point in all of North America. Despite being the home of such extremes in terms of elevation, California’s mean elevation is just 2,900 feet (880 m), just a few hundred feet higher than the national average of 2,500 feet (760 m).
Major cities in California tend to be situated at elevations much lower than Donner Pass as many of them were built along or near the Pacific coast. Los Angeles, for example, has an average elevation of just 285 feet (87 m), while San Francisco has an average elevation of only 52 feet (16 m). Other big cities in the state include San Jose, which has an elevation of 82 feet (25 m), San Diego, which has an elevation of 62 feet (19 m), and the capital of Sacramento, which has an elevation of 30 feet (9 m), and.
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