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title: What Is Sea Level, Anyway? — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/what-is-sea-level-anyway/
date: 2017-10-23
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# What Is Sea Level, Anyway?

In Calipatria, California, the town is below sea level — but their flag pole isn’t. But what does “sea level” mean? Is it just theory, or is there more behind it?