The furnace creek airport in Death Valley, California, has an elevation of 64 meters below sea level. The lowest point in New Orleans, Louisiana, has an elevation of -2 meters. What is the difference between the elevation in New Orleans and the elevation at the furnace creek airport
The difference between the elevation in New Orleans and the elevation at the Furnace Creek Airport is -2 meters (New Orleans elevation) minus (-64 meters) (Furnace Creek Airport elevation). This simplifies to -2 meters + 64 meters = 62 meters. Therefore, the elevation difference is 62 meters.
