sea level
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- noun
- /si ˈlɛvəl/
:
nivel del mar
- What we know with certainty is that sea levels are going to continue to rise.
- sea level rise
- meters above sea level
- feet above sea level
That is the sea level rising or lowering?
- That is the sea level rising or lowering?
- If we're going to have sea level rise, how do we cope with that?
- So the result of all that is that sea level rise is now unstoppable.
- Things like sea level rise and storm surge can disrupt shipping.
- So as you may have heard, sea levels are rising thanks to climate change.
- OK, ice sheets grow, sea level drops, ice sheet shrink, sea level rise.
- I mean, cool in a in a intellectual way, also kind of troubling as sea levels rise on our coastal cities today.
- And that does raise sea level, but it doesn't raise sea level so much that the entire Earth is covered with water.
Examples
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As the glaciers melt, scientists are monitoring the rise in sea level around the world.
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We're actually way below sea level right now.
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So we are seeing sea levels rise.
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We are building in about a foot of sea level rise.
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So as you may have heard, sea levels are rising thanks to climate change.
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The residents were some of the first victims of rising sea levels.
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If we're going to have sea level rise, how do we cope with that?
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So rising sea levels pose a clear and present threat.
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So the result of all that is that sea level rise is now unstoppable.
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We also face rising sea levels caused by the melting of Greenland's ice sheet.
Synonyms
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4.5
The average level of the sea used to measure land and plane height
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9.5
The shape of a planet that shows average sea level and helps measure heights
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the average height of the ocean's surface used as a reference' is directly and compositionally derived from 'sea' (ocean) + 'level' (height/altitude). This is a conventional, cross-linguistically common measurement term and follows a straightforward noun-noun composition that a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer.
Etymology
Sea level comes from the idea of the flat surface of the sea being a common level to compare the height of land. So it became the standard 'height' we use to measure how high or low places and sea depths are.