| The ratios written here are obtained by taking the area of the countries in square km, obtaining the radius from that area using SQR(Area/π), and then dividing that number from the difference between the highest and lowest points in meters. It's I think a good measure of the flatness of a country, and is less biased towards larger/smaller countries than just using difference over area would be. I could potentially translate elevation into kilometers, or the radius into meters, to make the ratios more meaningful scientifically, but as it is these numbers look better and are in the same proportions as they would be otherwise. |