Sentences with phrase «begins at an elevation»

The South Fork, the largest sub-basin in the McWay Creek watershed, begins at an elevation of 2,559 feet (780 m)[5] on the east side of a ridge that separates it from the mainstem.

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But where shall it be found, at least where begin, if not in the complete enfranchisement and elevation of women?»

Box pointed to nearly ice - sheet - wide melting on Greenland, with extensive surface melting documented for first time at the highest elevations of ice sheet, and the longest melt season since satellite observations began in 1979.

The Col du Dôme mission, in the Alps's Mont Blanc massif at an elevation of 4,300 meters, marks the beginning of an ambitious project to collect ice cores from other parts of the world as well.

«At these elevations on Mount Rainier, snow is the major driver of plant behavior, because the annual cycle of flowering and reproducing can not begin until the snow melts,» said Hille Ris Lambers.

The farm elevation begins at sixteen hundred feet and gently slopes up to two thousand feet above sea level.

[2] The creek begins southeast of Red Mountain, at an elevation of 778 feet (237 m).

Its explosion is responsible for the topography of the national forest and the national park: a volcanic rim, with elevations beginning at 6,000 feet (1,800 m) above sea level.

Beginning on the Summer Road trail at the top of the Elk Chair, hikers steadily climb (16 % grade, 345 m elevation gain) a

Trails through the Doma Peaks begin at cool elevations of almost 7,000 feet.

You'll begin the journey at Chilca in the Sacred Valley, which is set at an elevation of 8,860 feet (2,700 m).

In 1968, he began teaching at Queens College, CUNY, where he was part of the SEEK (Search for Education, Elevation and Knowledge) program designed to help students from underserved areas prepare for college.

Not only did Greenland Ice Sheet surface melt in 2012 occur over a bigger - than - average area, it also began about two weeks earlier at lower elevations and, for any given elevation, lasted longer.

Beginning in September 2007, expedition teams will explore the glaciers around Mount Gang Rinpoche, which is 21,778 feet high, and Mount Loinbo Kangri, at an elevation of 23,277 feet.

According to the race's official website, «The 125 - km course begins and ends on a 4,200 - foot plateau, passes over three mountain summits and includes 17,000 feet of elevation change, as well as a major river crossing at the spectacular Hell's Gate canyon, where the Smoky and Sulphur rivers converge.»