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Which is the equation for average slope?

the change in elevation in feet divided by the distance in miles


Measure of change in elevation in a certain distance is called what?

The measure of change in elevation in a certain distance is called gradient.


What is a change in elevation?

the measure of change in elevation in a certain distance is called gradient


What is Change in elevation divided by difference?

i presume from the question that you are referring to the gradient of a line or road/hill the gradient of a hill is the change in the height (the rise) divided by the hozintal distance (the run) i hope this helps


What is change in elevation called?

the measure of change in elevation in a certain distance is called gradient


Where is the highest and lowest elevation change in the shortest distance?

no where


A mesure of the change in elevation over a certain distance?

Topography.


What is the definition of stream gradient?

A) the distance traveled by water in a channel times a drop in elevation b) the drop in elevation of a stream divided by the distance the water travels c) the water pressure at the bottom of the stream divided by the stream's width d) the increase in discharge of a stream per unit drop in elevation


A measure of the change in elevation over a certain distance?

This would be the slope or the gradient.


What is the change in distance divided by the change in time?

Average velocity


What is the difference between relief and elevation?

Relief is the change in elevation in a region and measures the difference between that area's highest and lowest elevation. Elevation is the distance above or below sea level that a region is.


Why do some stars change elevation more than others?

You might mean distance. Stars are not measured in elevation. Stars form apart from each other, that's why the distance to a star compared to another will never be the same.