Sentences with phrase «for several km»

A stretch of the great Meso - American Barrier Reef lies about 200 meters offshore, while Tulum National Park preserves tree - covered dunes and scrubby forest on land for several km.

Not exact matches

The Standing Rock Sioux tribe and environmental activists have been protesting construction of the 1,100 - mile (1,886 - km) pipeline in North Dakota for several months, saying it threatens the water supply and sacred sites.

It had thrown huge amounts of sulfur compounds into the stratosphere (at altitudes of 15 - 50 km) where they spread around the entire globe and significantly weakened solar radiation for several years afterwards.

«In this study we show how the Eurasian siskin is able to form stable group relationships lasting for periods of several years in addition to travelling in each other» company over distances spanning more than 1,000 km,» points out Juan Carlos Senar, lead author of this study and a scientist at the museum.

The tilt was caused by the gigantic Tharsis volcanic dome, which first started to form over 3.7 billion years ago at a latitude of around 20 ° N. Volcanic activity continued for several hundred million years, forming a plateau exceeding 5,000 km in diameter, with a thickness of about 12 km and a mass of a billion billion tons (1 / 70th the mass of the Moon).

I have a»06 Volvo V70 that I use mainly for commuting to and from work (about 10 km each way), with the occasional longer trip of up to several hundred km every few months or so.

The Inca Trail is a four - day, 43 km hike that reaches an altitude of 4,200 m; you will be trekking for several hours a day, with some big ascents and descents.

Anacapa Island, located only about 11 mi (18 km) from the urbanized coast of Southern California, provides critical habitat for seabirds, pinnipeds such as California sea lions, and several endemic plants and animals.

We are near schools, the gholf course and the centre of town, with several restaurants within a radius of 5 km for lunch or dinner.

The summit is easily accessible by the 2.9 km road, or for fitness fanatics there are several challenging walking tracks that are perfect an for early morning or late afternoon work out.

As well as our child - friendly villas and services, Villa Kubu is well - placed for several of Bali's stand - out family destinations: The 4 - hectare Waterbom Bali, ranked as best waterpark in Asia and in the world's top three by TripAdvisor, is less than 6 km to the South of Kubu; while to the North the renowned Canggu Club has been transformed into a family paradise, complete with Cubby House Kid's Club, Bounce Trampoline, Strike Bowling and Splash Waterpark, as well as plenty of pampering for parents with a day spa, restaurant, bar and pool club.

The Westin Siray Bay Resort & Spa is aptly named.This ultra-modern resort faces directly west across Siray Bay to the east side of Phuket Island.Of course this means gorgeous sunsets with views right over the bay to the famous Big Buddha image sitting astride Kata Hill, some 10 km away.Westin has a wide choice of accommodation amongst its 257 guestrooms but perhaps the best choices for families are the pool villas options which interconnect.Amenities are seemingly endless here and with an admirable choice of restaurants and bars, a lively and well - organised Kids Club, a beautiful spa, an ultramodern fitness room with great vistas, lots of beachside activities and accessories and several swimming pools, youll have a full stay.

The trail is mostly flat for the last 15 km, but the initial 5 km after the Sirena River, there are several ridges with steep climbs and descents.

The airport is located approximately 38 km from Airlie Beach and there are several options for transfers from the airport to Airlie Beach (below).

The large - scale climate, for instance, determines the environment for microscale (1 km or less) and mesoscale (from several kilometers to several hundred kilometers) processes that govern weather and local climate, and these small - scale processes likely have significant impacts on the evolution of the large - scale circulation.»

For several years, CERSAT has been providing daily Arctic sea ice maps at 12.5 km resolution.

«The surface temperature changes for the last 4000 years in northern inland Iberia (an area particularly sensitive to climate change) are determined by a high resolution study of carbon stable isotope records of stalagmites from three caves (Kaite, Cueva del Cobre, and Cueva Mayor) separated several 10 s km away in N Spain.

The following values tell the share of absorption in a top layer of several thicknesses from 1µm to 1 km for sun at zenith.

A fundamental problem we face (and several other interesting points of view are articulated in comments on my original post) is that several courts have taken the position that not every act of speeding 50 km / h over the limit is in fact racing; but in all cases I'm aware of, the court has held that on the facts of that particular case, racing was the appropriate charge, but they did not articulate what the criteria should be for deciding between racing and speeding.

Several hundred participants are expected to make the journey, cycling 100 km each day for six days.