Sentences with phrase «coastal mountain range»

The same goes for the snouts of «outlet» glaciers, where ice from the interior funnels through gaps in coastal mountain ranges, and where warming seawater has broken up clots of ice that can hold things up, like a logjam in a river.
The valley where the olives are grown is nestled between a small Pacific coastal mountain range and the larger Andes Mountains.
The area has adopted a model of economic development that values conservation, which means that as you sit on your board, looking inland from the ocean, your view will be of the unadorned coastal mountain range instead of a line of high - rise hotels.
This week I am reading on the back deck overlooking the foothills and coastal mountain range, I am hiking among the giant redwoods, and I am sitting on the front deck in the evening looking at the stars, all the while continuing to eat green soup.
Located midway between the Pacific Coast and California's Inland Valleys in the state's coastal mountain range, Lake County's 8,700 acres (3,520 hectares) of vineyards are 1,370 - 2,600 feet (418 - 792 meters) above sea level.
Enkelmann appreciates the challenge of collecting samples here because this range has the highest peaks of any coastal mountain range and is only 20 kilometers from the Pacific Ocean, but she points out that it is a tough area to study because of the big ice sheets.
Our main campus, Los Lobos Lodge, Sanctuary & Spa, is nestled in the coastal mountain range adjoining a World Biosphere Preserve in Chile.
The coastal mountain range between Palo Alto and Coastal Highway 1 provides some of the most pleasant road biking and mountain biking in the world.
Contributing to its isolation were features of the coastal mountain range which extends from the ocean approximately 150 miles (240 km) inland and the common marine layer (fog) in addition to frequent clouds or rain.
Cross over to the Johnstone Strait and Broughton Archipelago, follow the winding network of isles and islets over to BC's coastal mountain range.
We travel by train on the San Joaquin route through California's Central Valley, bordered by the coastal mountain ranges and Yosemite National Park.
This morning we depart from Oakland by train on the San Joaquin route through California's Central Valley, bordered on the west by the coastal mountain ranges and on the east by Yosemite National Park.
Breathtaking sights of neighboring isles and the coastal mountain range are visible from the seawall on a clear day.
The extent of inland advection is limited by southern California's coastal mountain ranges.
Look for glimpses of small but spectaculer views of the ocean and the coastal mountain range.
Anderson Valley is a narrow, 20 - mile river valley that runs east to west between coastal mountain ranges.
It is a long narrow city wedged between the «Cordillera de la Costa» (the coastal mountain range) and the Pacific Ocean.
Turn onto the Kennedy Highway, which winds up the coastal mountain range, and take the turn - off to Kuranda.
As you say, if the cyclone had made landfall a little further north it would have hit the coastal mountain range.
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