mean sea level
11Sea level rise — is an increase in sea level. Multiple complex factors may influence this change. Sea level has risen about 130 meters (400 ft) since the peak of the last ice age about 18,000 years ago. Most of the rise occurred before 6,000 years ago. From 3,000 …
12Sea level — For the sea level change associated with the current episode of global warming, see current sea level rise. For other uses, see Sea level (disambiguation). This marker indicating the sea level is placed on the path from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea …
13sea level — the horizontal plane or level corresponding to the surface of the sea at mean level between high and low tide. [1800 10] * * * Position of the air sea boundary, to which all terrestrial elevations and submarine depths are referred. The sea level… …
14Sea Level Datum of 1929 — Geodesy Fundamentals Geodesy · …
15sea level — The level of the sea, which serves as the datum used for measurement of land elevations and ocean depths. Sea levels vary greatly from one location to another. Locally, the levels of the surface of the world’s oceans are disturbed by wind driven… …
16sea level rise — the long term trend in mean sea level …
17sea level — noun The nominal height of the surface of the oceans above which heights of geographical features and aircraft flight levels are measured. Syn: mean sea level, MSL …
18sea level — n. the level of the surface of the sea, esp. the mean level between high and low tide: used as a standard in measuring heights and depths …
19sea level — noun level of the ocean s surface (especially that halfway between mean high and low tide); used as a standard in reckoning land elevation or sea depth • Hypernyms: ↑water level * * * noun [noncount] : the average height of the sea s surface ◇… …
20Current sea level rise — This article is about the current and future rise in sea level associated with global warming. For sea level changes in Earth s history, see Sea level#Changes through geologic time. Sea level measurements from 23 long tide gauge records in… …
