Sea Level
Mean sea level (MSL) is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface (such as the halfway point between the mean high tide and the mean low tide); used as a standard in reckoning land elevation. MSL also plays an important role in aviation, where standard sea level pressure is used as the measurement datum of altitude at flight levels.
Read more about Sea Level: Measurement, Difficulties in Utilization, Sea Level and Dry Land, Recent Changes, Aviation
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