So that's why people think the Great Plains are flatter than a pancake.
Kansas high point to low point is about 2680 feet (half mile) in 378 miles of separation.
Nebraska high point to low point is about 4580 feet in 463 miles of separation.
This article says that claim confuses tolerance on diameter versus surface smoothness. It claims the earth model in that size would be more like 320 grit sandpaper.
If you scaled the earth ???? down to beach ball size; could you pick it up by it's Everest?
Couldn't find the good video about rough/smooth/flat vs. round I've seen in the past, but this one is kinda neat. Highest to lowest peaks = 14m (U.S. Survey Meters):
Round, Mass, SI, "Avocados" Number.
That's alot of avocados:
https://hyperbole-andahalf.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-alot-is-better-than-you-at.html
