Sentences with phrase «major land mass»

As far from every other major land mass as it can possibly be, Midway acts as a perfect example for the state of our planet.

Continuing to expand their brand under the vision of «unearthing the exceptional» this year has also seen Mantis embark on the development of a five star hotel on the island of St. Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean, 2,000 km from the nearest major land mass.

Far to the east of Japan across the North Atlantic Ocean the next major land mass is the USA.

The EAIS rests on a major land mass but the bed of the WAIS is, in places, more than 2,500 metres below sea level.

Marine stratocumulus is a type of stratocumulus cloud that form in the stable air off the west coast of major land masses.

Not exact matches

A full 97 % of U.S. land mass is eligible for USDA financing, much of which is just outside major metro areas.

The timing and severity of ice ages are determined by two major factors, namely the level of sunlight falling on northern land masses and the associated levels of atmospheric greenhouse gases.

A group of Education Masters students I was teaching happened have representatives from almost every major land - mass around the world and, as they were all practising teachers, this was too good a chance to miss.

Ninety - seven percent of U.S. land mass is eligible for a USDA loan, so homebuyers looking for housing outside of major metropolitan areas should check this option.

A full 97 % of U.S. land mass is eligible for USDA financing, much of which is just outside major metro areas.

There are major differences dependent on latitude, ocean basin, proximity to specific land masses, and in the case of some proxies, seasonal effects.

The timing and severity of ice ages are determined by two major factors, namely the level of sunlight falling on northern land masses and the associated levels of atmospheric greenhouse gases.

In many arid parts of the world, desertification is a major issue, and advancing deserts and loss of formerly fertile lands can have a big impact on not just the local environment, but can also affect where and how people live in those areas, many times leading to mass migrations from the country to the cities.

«As a result, the loss of glacier mass worldwide, along with the corresponding release of carbon, will affect high latitude marine ecosystems, particularly those surrounding the major ice sheets that now receive fairly limited land - to - ocean fluxes of carbon.»

His basic conclusion was that NZ is collectively dishonest using the «100 % Pure» slogan to attract tourists as NZ has a higher carbon impactt than the UK, despite the screamingly obvious facts that NZ has only about 4.3 m inhabitants, its major industries are grassland farming of various types plus viticulture and forestry; NZ is about a seventh larger than the UK in land mass and two - thirds of NZ is locked into National Parks, a unique mix of indigenous Podocarp forests and mountain chains.