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Baliem Valley

Floor1,640 m5,381 ft

Depth: 775 m
Rim: 2,453 m
Length: 44.9 km
Tonight: 9°CPartly cloudy · Wind 12 km/h SW

Baliem Valley is up to 775 m deep: the rim reaches 2,453 m and the floor 1,640 m, along 44.9 km.

All facts

Floor: 1,640 m

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Baliem Valley 3D map

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Topographic map

Baliem Valley topographic map

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

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Baliem Valley elevation profile

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Depth

Depth of Baliem Valley

Up to 775 m deep (typically 116 m) along the 44.9 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

Weather

Baliem Valley weather

Today · Light rain showers · 9 / 22°C (48 / 72°F) · 0.9 mm · Wind 12 km/h SW

Baliem Valley forecast for about 2,453 m.

Today9°22°0.9 mm12 km/h SW
Sun10°22°0.6 mm9 km/h W
Mon9°20°1.8 mm8 km/h SW
Tue10°18°1.2 mm4 km/h SW
Wed11°17°18.9 mm5 km/h SW
Thu12°22°6.0 mm8 km/h W
Fri10°22°1.7 mm6 km/h SW
Sat10°21°5.9 mm7 km/h W
Sun9°16°24.0 mm6 km/h SW
Mon11°16°15.9 mm5 km/h SW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 32.4 × 32.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 60% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

59.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

29.6%

Steep, 30–45°

10.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.9%

Steeper than 30°: 10.9% of the 1,050 km² view
Relief in view: 2,147 m low point 1,639 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 57.3%Grassland 37.1%Shrubland 2.2%Wetland 2.1%Water 0.7%Built-up 0.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Baliem Valley sits

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · Wikipedia