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

Answer 1

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.