Sentences with phrase «by arid»

Here the Ponderosa Pine forest transitions into the high desert, characterized by arid land, junipers, sagebrush, and bitter - brush.

The Lake is the most saline lake in East Africa and the largest desert lake in the world, surrounded by an arid, seemingly extraterrestrial landscape that is often devoid of life.

Desert Coyote: Inspired by the arid terrain of the American Southwest, the Call of Duty: Black Ops II Desert Coyote Personalization Pack comes loaded with a desert - themed weapon skin, three uniquely - shaped reticles, and an all - new Calling Card.

Culebra has many beautiful beaches including Flamenco Beach (Playa Flamenco), the beach extends for a mile of white coral sand and is framed beautifully by arid tree - covered hills.

The town is surrounded by arid, rugged and sparsely populated countryside, and is approximately 163 km from Springbok and approxim...

the north which includes the Atacama Desert which is characterized by arid and dry conditions.

Tony (Jake Gyllenhaal) and his wife and daughter, together with the other characters imagined by Edward, seem imprisoned by this arid environment, a framing device that translates the novel's inherent trashiness.

Even in a nation dominated by an arid and semiarid climate, rising global temperatures are ending what little predictability farmers could count on in the past

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Fabrics react differently when cut in a high - humidity country but worn by customers in an arid one.

Four different thin film solar PV technologies were tested by the MIT experts across three types of environment in the U.S.: Arid (Arizona); temperate (South Dakota); and humid (Florida).

Owen Fiss urges judges to avoid an «arid and artificial» focus upon the words and original meaning of constitutional provisions by instead reading «the moral as well as the legal text» of the Constitution.

The study of history is arid and incomplete unless it is understood as a work about (and by) individual human beings — and, moreover, a story whose substance and manner of telling are matters of moral significance.

The content suffers from an arid and inaccessible style of writing, which could be supplemented by pastoral experience and examples to bring the book to life.

One of the most influential and dramatic illustrations of this integration is the case of Phineas Gage, recently republicized by Antonio and Hanna Damasio arid cited by Ash - brook and Albright.

This didacticism is redeemed from arid or smug judgmentalism by empathy, even for the destructive crusaders: «the historian as he gazes back across the centuries at their gallant story must find his admiration overcast by sorrow at the witness that it bears to the limitations of human nature.»

By then defining «nature» in terms of relationship (instead of either static concept or unlimited dynamism) he was able to offer a solution to the old conundrum about the relationship between grace and nature, in a way which avoids the excessively arid and abstract terms with which this important debate has so often been carried on.

By inserting the encounters between Jesus» command to cross the lake arid his embarkation, Matthew makes it appear that they occurred just as Jesus was about to step into the boat.

One should not forget that this metaphysics is not some arid self - indulgent speculation but, as the preface for the fourth Eucharistic prayer states: «[God]... made all that is, so that you might fill your creatures with blessings and bring joy to many of them by the glory of your light.»

The particular value of this approach for a Christian theology of religions is that it recognizes truth in the convictions of these other traditions in the terms concretely stated arid believed by those within those traditions, and it recognizes their status as true alternatives to Christian faith.

The neo-Thomistic revival of the early twentieth century was painted in dark colors by the nouvelles théologiens, and their criticism of «arid» scholastic approaches in theology contributed to the steep decline of Thomism after Vatican II.

The great majority of those who break the law do so deliberately, by choice arid not as a result of causes beyond their control.

Still, I have noticed that when reference to Jesus is postponed or downplayed, conversations between Christians and people of other traditions tend to become arid, but when the figure of Jesus is brought to the fore, either by the Christians or — as sometimes happens — by the others, the dialogue comes alive.

By 28 August no reply had come from Augsburg, and further rumours had reached Luther of demands being brought to bear on Elector arid Emperor to have him arrested.

The prophetic literature deals with guilt arid punishment, reality and unreality, present and future of the Israelite people as chosen by God for a special and unique service, the declaration of the great and moving contemporary events in the world as part of a process which, together with the future issue of that process, is willed by God.2

This on - going practical planning needs to utilize teleconferencing arid other tools to get the day - by - day jobs done.

Indeed, it is surrounded by low, arid hills with no view of the wonderfully blue Caribbean Sea.

Unlike their Florida counterparts — which are said to be more suitable for juices — most believe California navels are the best for eating by hand, partly because the warm, arid climate in which they are grown tend to produce more blemish - free fruit.

For agricultural businesses the region with the highest proportion using feed supplements was Tropics (34 %) followed by Semi Arid (30 %)(see map below).

As far as they were never given much thought by the rulers, the less economically valuable, semi-arid and arid frontier was seen as a source of insecurity.

A study, involving researchers from the University of Southampton, found that water - limited ecosystems in arid and semi-arid regions, such as The Great Plains and South - West United States and some in Australia and Mediterranean Europe, were particularly impacted by these indirect effects.

Upon analysis, the samples» carbon isotope values revealed an exceptionally arid region deep in Asia's interior going back 23 million years, initially ringed by areas of higher rainfall.

The now hyper - arid Sahara desert was characterized by a lush extent of grass and consequently reduced dust emission due to changes in Earth's orbital parameters.

Instead of nectar, researchers suggest the appendage likely helped the winged insects avoid becoming dehydrated in the hot and arid climate of the time by getting sustenance from another source: sweet secretions beaded up into droplets on seed - bearing — as opposed to flowering — plants.

In addition to the arid hills, where Tolson has studied the hutia, the base is surrounded by water — the bay itself, and the Caribbean Sea.

By contrast, he says that many other mammals that live in arid areas are migratory, moving as resources are exhausted, such as the large ungulate herds roaming across the African savannahs.

There, on an arid patch of land surrounded by ancient mesas, was my destination: Spaceport America, the world's first complex built solely for commercial space exploration.

Marked by massive wooden posts, the necropolis extends deep into the sands and is still a forbidding sight in the arid Taklamakan Desert of western China.

For arid cities in the future, the mortality risk increases by 2.4 percent.

The rare arid conditions of Timna have resulted in unparalleled preservation of organic materials usually destroyed by the march of time: bones, seeds, fruits, and even fabric dating back to the 10th century B.C. Using a technique called «wet sieving,» the archaeologists found miniscule animal and fish bones, evidence of a rich and diverse diet.

By 2100, arid cities like Phoenix will become hotbeds for heatwaves compared to their rural surroundings, while cities on the eastern seaboard will be less severely affected by heatwaves compared to theirBy 2100, arid cities like Phoenix will become hotbeds for heatwaves compared to their rural surroundings, while cities on the eastern seaboard will be less severely affected by heatwaves compared to theirby heatwaves compared to theirs.

Arid cities like Phoenix will become hotbeds for heatwaves compared to their rural surroundings, while cities on the eastern seaboard will be less severely affected by heatwaves compared to theirs.

This region features unique, highly diverse arid and semi-arid habitats inhabited by rare and endangered plants and animals, and provides a vital migratory stopping point for many species of birds and animals on their journey across the continent.

By examining the correlation between humidity and the role of tone in more than 3700 languages, scientists found that tonal languages are remarkably rare in arid regions like Central Europe, whereas languages with complex tone pitches are prevalent in relatively humid regions such as the tropics, subtropical Asia, and Central Africa.

Francisco Gonzálvez at EEZA, the arid zone experimental station in Almeria, Spain, and colleagues studied flowers frequented by large carpenter bees (Xylocopa) and a much smaller solitary bee, Nomia.

Coastal communities are being affected by rising seas, drought - prone areas are arid for longer periods and, as our report shows, infectious agents are taking advantage of these more extreme weather patterns.

The DESERTEC group seeks to bust the logistical barriers to green energy by generating solar and wind power in the warm, arid locations where it is most abundant and transferring it to dense population centers farther north.

Almost 9 percent of the state — a swath stretching from Monterey on the central coast to Bakersfield in the Central Valley — is in the most - arid category, as defined by the National Drought Mitigation Center, a project of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, that works with federal agencies.

They play a critical role in this arid ecosystem by creating paths and digging watering holes.

The baboons» home is the Namib desert, the most arid environment known to be inhabited by a nonhuman -LSB-...]

Among the errors in the book are the following: the wild progenitor of wheat, emmer, did not grow «only in the upper Jordan Valley around Jericho» — it grew in the hills of the Mediterranean zone (Galilee, Lebanon, southern Anatolia) and was brought into the arid Jordan valley by Neolithic farmers who learned to grow it under irrigation.