Sentences with phrase «coastal plain provides»
The Arctic Refuge's coastal plain provides the most important land denning habitat for the Beaufort Sea polar bear population.
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Thousands of ponds are scattered like mirrors across Alaska's coastal plain, providing nesting and feeding grounds for waterfowl.
For mid-latitude coasts that border subduction zones, sequences of buried soils may provide a long - duration, subsidence stratigraphic paleoseismic record that spans to the present, but in other settings such as the Aceh coastal plain, joint research approaches, for example targeted foraminiferal analyses and palynology, are required to both exploit the changing form of the relative sea - level curve and characterize coastal evolution in the context of the diminishing importance of accommodation space.
A blend of magnificent lush rainforests, coastal heathlands, dramatic sea cliffs, pristine rivers and grassy plains provides the opportunity to see a truly remarkable number of Australia's iconic species.
A Global Climate Model (GCM) can provide reliable prediction information on scales of around 1000 by 1000 km covering what could be a vastly differing landscape (from very mountainous to flat coastal plains for example) with greatly varying potential for floods, droughts or other extreme events.
Global climate models (ESMs or GCMs) can provide climate information on scales of around 1000 by 1000 km (with grid resolution of 100's of km) covering what could be a vastly differing landscape (from very mountainous to flat coastal plains for example) with greatly varying potential for floods, droughts or other extreme events.
Preferred habitat: wetlands, coastal woods, lowlands, swamp, river terrace, and flood plains + + + + Foliage / winter appearance: evergreen + + + + Soil coloam, clay, tolerates poor drainage nditions: + + + + Light conditions: shade to partial shade + + + + Plant spacing: 4 to 6 feet + + + + Wildlife value: provides cover + + + + Note: slow growing
The new study — based on extensive drilling in the coastal plain of Maryland — confirms this hypothesis, and provides a firm estimate of how quickly this drop is happening.