Sentences with phrase «by mountain ranges»

We can see over two miles away and then some and we're surrounded by mountain ranges, spectacular.

Recreational trails and living well are hallmarks of the community, that is surrounded by mountain ranges and desert scenery.

Surrounded by mountain ranges, Riverton was founded in 1906 amid a land rush.

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is penned in by mountain ranges and the floating ice of the Ross Ice Shelf.

The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountain West, while the easternmost section of the state includes part of a high elevation prairie region known as the High Plains.

Bounded by mountain ranges to both the east and the west, the valley's geographical and meteorological features combine with industrial activity such as truck traffic to contribute to these high levels of pollution.

The main characteristic of this form of coast is that the trend is determined by mountain ranges running parallel to the shore.

During the peak, all the continents collided to form a vast supercontinent called Rodinia, spanned by a mountain range that dwarfed the Himalayas.

Located on the central western coast, Costa Rica's smallest national park is separated from its central valley by a mountain range.

It was founded October 12 of 1884 by Augusto Lasserre and is located on the shores of the Beagle Channel surrounded by the mountain range of the Martial Glacier, in the Bay of Ushuaia.

The city lies on the Bay of Palma and is surrounded to the north and west by a mountain range, which has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, called the Serra de Tramuntana.

Surrounded by a mountain range, which provides a unique view of the Atlantic coast, together with its comfortable interior, the Surf house As Furnas is the ideal place for an unforgettable vacation.

Surrounded by a mountain range, which provides a unique view of the Atlantic coast, together with its beautiful and comfortable interior, the Surf House is the ideal place for an unforgettable vacation.

Not exact matches

Otherwise, there's the nearby and ever - entertaining New York City, a hundred - plus miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline, a smallish mountain range or two, a major amusement park, a half dozen professional sports teams (most of them mediocre at best), small - time skiing, a pretty Ivy League campus by the name of Princeton University, a wealth of black bear in exclusive suburban communities, the early homes of such celebrity types as Martha Stewart, Jack Nicholson and Bruce Springsteen, the site of the Hindenburg disaster, and (for visionary types) the ghosts of Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison, who lived and worked in the state for awhile.

From Table Mountain in Cape Town to the Drakensberg mountain range located by neighboring country Lesotho, the hiking is incMountain in Cape Town to the Drakensberg mountain range located by neighboring country Lesotho, the hiking is incmountain range located by neighboring country Lesotho, the hiking is incredible.

India is also ramping up its nuclear and conventional deterrence against China by testing long - range missiles, raising a mountain strike corps for the border with China, enhancing submarine capabilities and basing its first squadron of French - made Rafale fighter jets near that border.

Hosted by NYSE Enjoy the magnificent views of the incredible Elk Mountain Range and the town of Aspen as you take on this 3 - mile ascent and return on the same trail.

The site is buffered to the south by land slated for wetlands park development, with spectacular I views of the Sierra Nevada mountain range to the south and west.

By offering a fresh, case ready one - pound package of 90 percent lean ground bison under the Great Range label, Rocky Mountain Natural Meats has gained a foothold on grocer shelves nationwide and has helped build Great Range Brand Bison label's presence in the market.

As I've been a Boulderite for nearly two years now, it's about time I put together a roundup of my favorite vegan eats in this town by the Rocky Mountain Front Range.

Although separated from the Pacific by the Santa Rosa range of mountains, the Rainbow Gap funnels the mild beach climate into the valley.

The views and scenery were just breathtaking and I had to pinch myself a few times... let's not forget, I'm a Florida girl so I hardly see a hill in my day to day living, not to mention a green plush mountain range landscape like the one I was surrounded by in Utah.

The Mediterranean - like climate is marked by long, warm days moderated by the ocean breeze that blows through the mountain range, creating cool nights.

Surrounded by the Camelback Mountain range, the Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort & Spa is a lavish Scottsdale oasis nestled in Paradise Valley.

Spread across three mountain ranges, the Olympic venues stretch from Autrans, high in the Vercors to the west of Grenoble, to Alpe d'Huez, in the Grandes Rousses massif to the east, only 13 air miles apart but 60 by car

Across the mountains and ranges, chemical death sown by both private and Government interests is reaping a shocking harvest of wildlife and even threatens man

The Mountain Buggy range has obviously been created by parents and I'm grateful to them - for letting me buy one last gadget, one that is exactly what I need it to be, while also being just a tiny bit cool.»

The Europe - Asia border between the Black Sea and the Caspian See is materialized by the Caucasus mountains, but the mountain range is very wide so there has never been any consensus as to where exactly the «border» passes.

While discussion ranged from disagreement with past practices at the cemetery to suggestions for improvement, nearly every speaker began by praising the beauty of the Blue Mountain Cemetery, which one called the most attractive in Ulster County.

Other names had been used informally by the New Horizons science team to describe the many regions, mountain ranges, plains, valleys and craters discovered during the first close - up look at the surfaces of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon.

Adrian Rocha of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and colleagues placed sensors across the 1000 - square - kilometre fire scar left by a blaze in 2007 on the Brooks mountain range in northern Alaska.

They found that the factors that most greatly accelerated the formation of new species were life in extensive mountain ranges (like the Andes and New Guinea Highlands); the evolution of epiphytism (life in the trees); pollination by orchid bees, moths, or butterflies; and origin of pollinia (packages of hundreds to thousands of pollen grains dispersed as a unit).

The team then subtracted surface features — such as mountain ranges and valleys — to better see slight differences in Earth's basic shape caused by local differences in gravity.

The site contains a mini — mountain range of eroded hills and valleys covering more than 120 acres, surrounded by a sprawl of smaller mounds circling the central core like satellites.

Animals, plants and microorganisms are limited in their interactions by distance and barriers such as oceans and mountain ranges.

The resulting high - resolution images and video, released yesterday and cobbled together using data gathered by the Voyager missions of the late 1970s and the Galileo probe that orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003, depict mountains that range up to 17 kilometers high, active volcanoes, dark lava fields, and bright plains smothered by sulfur deposits that have rained down from plumes that spew hundreds of kilometers high.

Tucked into a spectacular valley in the Rocky Mountains, Jackson is protected from moist Pacific flows by the numerous mountain ranges extending across Oregon and Idaho, and therefore enjoys a semi-arid climate with large amounts of sunshine.

«By going to all of these individual glaciers, we can get a much better understanding of what has happened and what was moved on the entire mountain range.»

The study conducted by the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Aarhus University, Denmark, has revealed that interactions between landslides and erosion, caused by rivers, explains why some mountain ranges exceed their expected lifespan.

By testing many clay samples of known ages from both sides of the mountain range and comparing their ratios of heavy isotopes, Chamberlain and Poage found that the Southern Alps of New Zealand rose abruptly by 2 kilometers 5 million years agBy testing many clay samples of known ages from both sides of the mountain range and comparing their ratios of heavy isotopes, Chamberlain and Poage found that the Southern Alps of New Zealand rose abruptly by 2 kilometers 5 million years agby 2 kilometers 5 million years ago.

Based on research led by University of Cincinnati geologist Eva Enkelmann in the St. Elias Mountain Range — located along the Pacific coastal region of North America — the way a mountain range moves and behaves topographically can also change and create its local climate by redirecting wind and precipMountain Range — located along the Pacific coastal region of North America — the way a mountain range moves and behaves topographically can also change and create its local climate by redirecting wind and precipitaRange — located along the Pacific coastal region of North America — the way a mountain range moves and behaves topographically can also change and create its local climate by redirecting wind and precipmountain range moves and behaves topographically can also change and create its local climate by redirecting wind and precipitarange moves and behaves topographically can also change and create its local climate by redirecting wind and precipitation.

The evolution of this mountain range is dominated by ongoing feedbacks between landslides and river erosion.

In California 42 percent of the water comes from the Sacramento and San Joaquin river basins, which are fed by runoff from the Sierra Nevada and other mountain ranges.

In June, the paper notes, Russia's Institute of Ocean Geology said it had come closer to fulfilling a U.N. requirement for ceding Arctic territory by gathering new evidence that the undersea mountain range sits on the country's continental plate.

While the Tetons are a relatively young mountain range, formed by an uplift along the Teton Fault less than 9 million years ago, the rocks exposed there are some of the oldest found in North America.

To the north and east, the 245 - square - mile mountain range is hemmed in by highways 101 and 405, two of the busiest roads on the planet.

Despite the well - known association between seismic activity and mountain ranges, the Gorkha earthquake actually worked against long - term mountain building by uplifting the foothills and down - dropping the mountains.

As he trekked through the Andean foothills of South America, Darwin discovered fossilized seashells thousands of feet above sea level, which confirmed Lyell's theory that mountain ranges were thrust upward by slow - moving geologic forces.

Not far from a range of giant ice mountains on Pluto lies a vast stretch of icy plains whose surface is broken into cell - like blocks by snaking troughs, new photos by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft reveal.

That could be difficult in chimpanzees, whose groups are often separated by impassable features like mountain ranges, so they don't meet and are equally distinct genetically and culturally, says Carel van Schaik of the University of Zurich, Switzerland.