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Sea level is not rising evenly around the world

Land sinking or rebounding changes local sea level far more than the global average in some places Some coasts are subsiding as sediment compacts or groundwater is pumped out, which adds to the rise. Others are still rising after the weight of ice sheets was removed at the end of the last ice age. Ocean currents and temperature also tilt the water surface across whole basins. It sits in Mondo's world geography collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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Norway's coastline is longer than its land bordersMeasured around every fjord, Norway's mainland shore runs roughly 29,000 kilometres Fjords are glacial valleys that the sea floodedIce cut the valleys below sea level, and when it melted the ocean moved in The Bay of Fundy tide arrives as a waveIn the upper reaches the rising water forms a visible bore that travels upriver Tidal range depends on the shape of the coastFunnelling estuaries amplify the tide while open shores and enclosed seas barely move Most of the world's coastline is not sandyRock, mud, marsh and ice make up most of the world's shoreline Beach sand is mostly broken rockGrains are fragments of quartz, shell and coral worn down by waves over long periods

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Sea level is not rising evenly around the world: the short answers

Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Land sinking or rebounding changes local sea level far more than the global average in some places. The figure is taken from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a world geography fact?: Yes. It sits on the World Geography shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.