Sentences with phrase «for about a kilometre»

If you're aiming for a bemo, you'll need to hike out of the port area for about a kilometre to the main road as they are not allowed into the immediate port area.

Ao Tapao Stretching for about a kilometre near the centre of the west coast, Ao Tapao runs from the chunky concrete of Nam Leuk Pier down to a wide and sandy point in the south.

The beach stretches out for about a kilometre, and at the eastern end there are a variety of bars, restaurants, clothing shops, plus massage and beauty salons.

One of Kut's longest beaches, Ao Tapao stretches for about a kilometre and has only midrange to upscale accommodation.

Not exact matches

The trains are expected start operating in early 2019 with speeds of 250 kilometres (155 miles) an hour, and a fare of about $ 16 for a journey of about 40 minutes.

Will Gibson, a spokesman for Syncrude, which has a plant about 35 kilometres north of town, was himself one of the evacuees heading north away from the flames.

Kinder Morgan's 1,000 - kilometre expansion project has become a national rallying cry for environmentalists, sparked protests from Indigenous communities, caused a trade war between two provinces and brought about the arrest of a federal party leader.

But it was getting paired with mentor Sue Kuethe that proved to be the key to connecting a passion for renewables with a practical application in Peavine Settlement, about 60 kilometres north of High Prairie in Peace Country.

Liberal government pledges to reduce to $ 3 the fares for all GO Transit trips that are either less than 10 kilometres or are taken within the city of Toronto, and wants to being talks about the province taking ownership of the subway.

Depart the pier for the scenic, approximately 1.5 - hour drive to Punta Ninfas, located approximately 45 miles (about 73 kilometres) southwest of Puerto Madryn.

He said: «Along that two and a half hour drive there were people lined up the whole way except for about 10 kilometres - otherwise it was people sitting on the side of the road, sometimes with large, vast numbers of people sitting there.

In the US, it costs $ 10 a tonne for a 1000 - kilometre rail trip to port, while in Australia, it costs about $ 25 a tonne for a 500 - kilometre rail trip.

Grasslands mixed with south coastal shrublands and forests dominate Ghana, with forest extending northward from the south - west coast of Ghana on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean 320 kilometres (200 miles) and eastward for a maximum of about 270 kilometres (170 miles) with the Kingdom of Ashanti or the southern part of Ghana being a primary location for mining of industrial minerals and timber.

Touching on roads, President Mahama said Accra, Tema, Kpone and Ashaiman were going to witness major road works covering about 400 kilometres, adding that the Tema Motorway had been earmarked for expansion into six lanes.

He explained that the N1bn listed in the 2017 budget was for the bridge and the construction of the road which is about 28 kilometres from Osogbo to Ilajue, which is the boundary with Oyo State.

«If you think about the almond industry, for example, you have orchards that stretch for kilometres and each individual tree can support 50,000 flowers,» he says.

«The simulations showed that the only way to account for the proven increase in volcanic activity was that the level (and thus the weight) of the Mediterranean Sea dropped by about two kilometres,» explains Sternai, before adding: «I leave it to you to imagine what the landscape looked like.»

However, even travelling at a breakneck speed of about 95,000 kilometres / hour, it took so long for the interstellar object to make the journey to our Solar System that Vega was not near that position when the asteroid was there about 300,000 years ago.

AN unemployed fisherman in New South Wales was fined $ 500 last week for riding on the back of a southern right whale in Bermagui Harbour, about 300 kilometres south of Sydney.

The huge dam, scheduled for completion in about fifteen years, will cost between $ 22 and $ 34 billion, create a reservoir 600 kilometres long and force more than a million people from their homes.

Chang says it would cost about $ 20 million, a tiny fraction of the $ 2 billion radio astronomers want for the proposed Square Kilometre Array (SKA) of radio telescopes, which aims to trace large - scale structure by locating individual galaxies.

A narrow drill, RAID will excavate to 600 metres in about 7 days — compared with 5 years for a 3.4 - kilometre core such as EPICA's.

The robots are about the same size as a small human diver, but can reach depths of 1000 metres and travel the ocean for months, covering thousands of kilometres.

The torpedo will travel under the ice at a depth of 15 metres for a distance of about 10 kilometres.

Before deliberately crashing into Mercury last week, Messenger had kept its distance for most of its four - year mission, taking a highly elliptical orbit that brought it no closer than about 200 kilometres from the scorched surface.

At the Troitsk Institute for Innovation and Thermonuclear Research (Triniti), one of a clutch of former top - secret military establishments that make up the town of Troitsk about 40 kilometres south of Moscow, staff were not paid anything for two months last summer.

Leaks were slightly less common in Indianapolis, occurring about once for every 320 kilometres driven.

Here a 40 - kilometre line of cliffs has been retreating for some 6000 years at about the current rate of 2 metres a year.

The Egyptians used basalt from the Gebel Qatrani quarries for statues and for tomb floors in the Saqqara Necropolis, about 30 kilometres south of the three great pyramids at El Giza.

It sees the network extending eventually to 20 000 kilometres with a further 15 000 kilometres of existing lines being substantially rebuilt for high speeds at a cost of 180 billion Ecu (about # 125 billion)

Its TRY 2004 building would occupy about 8 square kilometres of land and provide offices and homes for a million people.

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Posts about Something's In The Air written by arianeb ESA Euronews: Mars on Earth The Rio Tinto river snakes through the Spanish countryside for 100 kilometres, a dark, blood - red stain of acid water and rusty

Located about 40 kilometres north - east of Melbourne's CBD, the school is utilising the program in Grades 5 and 6, after trialling it in 2016 for three months with Grade 5 students.

As I said, I spent my first week flitting about the city without troubling the spark plugs at all and, even with the gas engine working as a Bunsen burner, my 300 - km - plus of sub-zero commuting required just 2.7 litres of gasoline for every 100 kilometres of urban crawl, ironically just about the same as I averaged in the first - generation Volt.

Like all hybrids, even though it is hooked up to a two - speed gearbox the electric motor still runs out of puff at high speed and above about 200 kilometres an hour, the i8 is being mostly propelled by that little 1.5 - litre gas engine which, turbocharged or no, has its work cut out for it.

This allows enough energy for an electric range of around 150 kilometres to be transferred in three hours — about five times quicker than with the standard Level 1 120 V charging cable.

A larger fuel tank than the 58 - litre unit in AWD models would be welcome, though, since the wee tank only allows about an average of 575 - kilometres between fill ups (further for long trips involving only highway driving.)

Moreover, when operating in a unique, switchable EV mode not available to mild hybrid vehicles, the Auris Hybrid generates zero CO2, NOx and particulate emissions, driving for up to two kilometres at speeds of up to about 50 km / h, dependant on battery charge and driving conditions.

Moreover, when operating in a unique, switchable EV mode, the Auris HSD offers zero CO2, NOX and PM emissions, driving for up to about two kilometres at speeds of up to about 50 km / h, dependant on battery charge and driving conditions.

Unavailable to rival, mild hybrid vehicles, EV mode allows the Toyota full hybrid to run on electric motor power alone for about 2 kilometres at speeds of up to about 50 km / h, depending on battery charge and driving conditions, whilst generating zero CO2, NOX and PM emissions.

Now, about half of her clients look at surrounding areas, with some moving more than 100 kilometres away to Barrie, Kitchener or Waterloo, while continuing to commute to Toronto for work, she says.

With an area of about 340 square kilometres, it is an idyllic spot for those that adore the outdoors as well as families with children seeking a retreat from the city life.

Be sure to book a table for lunch or dinner at Taverna in Kingscliff, about 15 kilometres (9 miles) south of Tweed Heads.

Every year, between June and August, hundreds of thousands of small silver sardines pass the South coast of KwaZulu Natal as they make their way to the Southern Cape for the purposes of spawning.Incredibly, the sardine shoal can reach up to about 30 kilometres long.

Venture 2 1/2 hours south to the ruggedly beautiful Wilsons Promontory National Park and follow the Lilly Pilly Gully Nature Walk for 2 1/2 kilometres (1.6 miles) through heathland, eucalypt forest and rainforest (taking about three hours).

It is located about 230 kilometres north - west of Papeete and is widely famous for its aqua - centric luxury resorts.

Destiny Farm Stay, in a pristine, untouched valley of Avalanchi, about 25 kilometres from Ooty, in the Niligiri Hills is a wildlife adventure resort with 35 bedrooms, spa, two restaurants and banqueting facilities for business and weddings.

For beach access, you've got several options within about five kilometres.

Kwelera's 164 hectares form a narrow strip of coast that runs parallel to the Indian Ocean for about five kilometres, between the beachside town of Gonubie and where the Kwelera River meets the sea just north - east of East London.