In warmer climates, snow is known to fall in areas over four thousand nine hundred meters above sea level.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

On a passenger cruise ship, fresh air is available on decks and in other places above sea level.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

The nesting grounds for pelicans, gulls and other water foul, they rise less than 30 centimeters above sea level.

VOA: standard.2010.05.09

Ladakh,situated more than 11,000 feet above sea level, is a high altitude desert where rainfall is usually very small.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

The land surface pokes just a couple of meters on average above sea level, making it the lowest-lying nation in the world.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

Many of the islands that make up the Maldives rise little more than one meter above sea level, and could disappear under the sea if global temperatures continue to rise.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

It wasn't just the beauty of the polished stone block walls or the fact that this abandoned city sits atop a narrow ridge more than 2400 meters above sea level.

VOA: standard.2009.12.15