Sentences with phrase «low coastal plains»

Due to its location between bodies of water and the low coastal plains, Miami is the most likely of any major city to get hit by a hurricane.

There is a low coastal plain, much of it covered with mangrove swamp, but the land rises gradually towards the interior.The Maya Mountains and the Cockscomb Range form the backbone of the southern half of the country, the highest point being Victoria Peak (3,669 feet) in the Cockscomb Range.

Much of the coastline of the mainland is low coastal plain covered with mangrove swamp.

Not exact matches

For example, coastal areas or areas in the flood plain of a river are more likely to experience a natural disaster, whereas areas at higher elevation are at lower risk.

The northern third of the delta is lowering at the rate of about 4 to 8 mm per year due to compaction of strata underlying the plain, seismic motion, and the lack of sufficient new sediment to re-nourish the delta margin being eroded by Mediterranean coastal currents.

The region has a rather diverse landscape with a ring of coastal mountains and low plains at the center of the island.

Towns villages and critical infrastructures located on low - lying coastal zones or on flood plains are exposed to surge and flooding.

The president and Congress should cut federal subsidies that keep the price of insurance in some high - risk zones (flood plains, coastal areas threatened by rising seas, and regions prone to wildfires) artificially — and disastrously — low.

People living in low - lying coastal zones and flood plains are probably most at risk from climate change impacts in Asia.

«It is unlikely that coastal cities or low - lying areas such as Bangladesh, European lowlands, and large portions of the United States eastern coast and northeast China plains could be protected against such large sea level rise,» states a report co-authored by Hansen, titled «Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise and Superstorms: Evidence from Paleoclimate Data, Climate Modeling, and Modern Observations that 2 °C Global Warming is Highly Dangerous».