Sentences with phrase «altitude lake in»

Not exact matches

Hosted by NYSE Master a high - altitude trail through delicate tundra to visit an alpine lake and take in breathtaking views of the Continental Divide.

We started out in the Andes Mountains, elevation 16,000 feet, to look for a lake that had been recorded in the 1880s as having the highest - altitude leech ever found.

The hike in acidity can kill plants and wildlife: Over the last 2 decades, scientists have documented harm to thousands of lakes and rivers and millions of hectares of high - altitude forests.

One of them broke apart at an altitude of about 18 kilometres, the other sailed on to eventually land in Lake Chebarkul, leaving a 7 - metre - wide hole in the ice.

He flew just over 275 meters, at an altitude of about five meters, over a lake in Quebec before losing power and falling in.

Cleveland was the only station that did not observe birds increasing their elevation at dawn, possibly because Lake Erie is narrow enough for them to see across without an increase in altitude.

Each group lived in altitude training camps in the mountains near Salt Lake City at sites of various altitudes: Heber City (1780 meters), Park City (2085 meters), Deer Valley (2454 meters), and Guardsman's Pass (2800 meters).

The first time I ever ran at altitude was this past winter in Mammoth Lakes, California with the Mammoth Track Club — home to incredible athletes, including one of my role models, Deena Kastor.

Also my brother in law goes fishing in high altitude lakes here in Idaho and brings back salmon, catfish and golden trout....

Today I am on my way to Alt., or Altitude Design Summit in Salt Lake City.

The opportunity to dive in a high altitude lake should not be missed and the underwater scenery is otherworldly.

There is a place in the Swiss Alps at 1400 meters of altitude with a lake surrounded by foresty hills and cliffs, Lac Taney.

From here you can visit high - altitude lakes and experience once - in - a-lifetime mountain trekking.

As Inle Lake is located in a relatively higher altitude, even during the peak of summer, the average temperature is around 30 °C while during the cooler months (December to February), temperatures can drop to 10 °C at night.

We sat down by the side of the lake, nibbled on our cheese sandwiches, took some obligatory photographs, swapped travel tales and altitude sickness notes with other group members, and then watched in a combination of awe and amusement as some of the other members of the group decided to strip down into their bikinis (or in the case of the boys, disrobe completely) and jump into the lake.

Peru is not short on natural wonders either claiming a sizable portion of the incredible Amazon rainforest and home to the stunning high altitude Lake Titicaca where indigenous cultures still live in the ways of old.

This fresh water lake, in the eastern part of Myanmar, is located at an altitude of 900 meters and is 22 km long.

Situated at an altitude of around 12,400 ft, the lake offers one of the best landscapes in the region.

Titicaca is the highest large lake in the world with many animals and plants adapted to the high altitude environment.

I am probably the only person who has toured Peru and didn't go to Macchu Picchu, but I did get terrible altitude sickness in Lake Titicaca.

In the Canadian Rockies you will find numerous pristine high altitude lakes that are fed by the clear, cold, crystal waters of the Canada's glaciers.

The Absolutely Green in the lush high heartland of Bali at an altitude of 1.142 meters above the sea level which surrounded by rolling mountain, crater lakes and ancient forest, the course design is meant to blend the fairways and create a dramatic backdrop for tea shots and approaches.The deep blue sky, the air fresh, clear and the temperature average between 14 - 20 Celsius degrees.It is rights comfortable golfing destination in Bali.It features tall trees and flowers of riotous colour separating the fairway of this 18 holes championship course.Designed by Peter Thompson, Michael Wolferidge & Associates, Bali Handara Kosaido Country Club will make you feel a part of the rich, sporty, and exotic nature.

The ICESat bias corrections used by the Zwally team were appropriate for measuring sea ice, but not for measuring high altitude land - base ice sheets like found in Antarctica (the values returned for Lake Vostok alone were so unphysical that they should have made the entire study DOA) 2.

Reconstructed mass balance yielded accumulation and ablation each of ~ 3 km3 / yr, with glacial movement near the equilibrium line altitude dominated by basal sliding.Pollen and charcoal records from three lakes in northern Yellowstone provide information on the postglacial vegetation and fire history.

The melting of mountain glaciers, particularly in the Himalayas, with the consequent forming of high altitude lakes.

In Cajas National Park, the scientists took sediment cores from three pristine lakes at varying altitudes.

There was no significant change in the area of eight other glacier lakes which were situated at a higher altitude and not created by melting.

Of particular interest are the tree stumps in many lakes and stream beds dating from both the MWP and the logs / stranded groves found at higher altitude.

The comparison shows that the low altitude lakes do not show the same spike in pollutants in the late 1990s that the alpine lake does, but they do show similar dust / precipitation driven spikes in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.

But the lake is a high - altitude disaster in the making — one of [continue reading...]

Surface lakes are now appearing much further inland, and at higher altitudes, than recorded in the past.