Raised above the surrounding level. Elevation buys visibility and separation at once.
Latin elevare, ex- (out) plus levare (to lift), from levis (light); to raise something above its surrounding level.
Its root is lightness, not force: levis named what weighs little enough to be lifted rather than hauled. What is elevated rises the way a light thing rises, and pays for that rise in the same breath, visible now and separate.