Sentences with phrase «metres above the water»

They can rocket up to 2 metres above the water, landing well clear of the edge.

From a small platform about half a metre above the water, I jumped fearlessly into the abyss.

The Second Bridge is the highest point of the canyon, standing more than 50 metres above the water.

Ancient castles peer from the top of the green banks, as we pass the imposing Lorelei Rock, a legendary rocky outcrop that soars 150 metres above the water line.

Not exact matches

But when the next cloud is far away, they keep ascending into the layer, up to 4000 metres — above the height where water droplets begin to freeze.

Prolonged rain had swollen the three rivers and flood waters at St Louis peaked at nearly 15 metres above normal.

He also saw beach - like landscapes, hundreds of metres above the present - day waters of the Pacific.

Jaguar says this novel item has been tested for water resistance to a depth of 18 metres and to withstand temperatures ranging from -50 Celsius to 85 degrees above zero.

The underground river is a tributary of the nearby Dordogne River, and one of its highlights is the Grande Pendeloque; an enormous sixty - metre stalactite which is suspended above a subterranean body of water known as the Rain lake.

Water sports and walks Lake Titisee lies 2,789 feet (850 metres) above sea level, is more than a mile long long, just over half - a-mile wide and approximately 131 feet (40 metres) deep.

On its opening in 1889, the bridge was made of rope and wooden planks; nowadays it consists of wire and cables - which is perhaps just as well as it stands 230 feet (70 metres) above the water!

The village is nearly 1200 metres above sea level and offers crisp mountain water trout fishing, winter snow ksiing nearby and features waterfront Cabins, Units and Lodges for hire.

The one - hour adventure offers seven zip lines with a total length of 600 metres, the highest soaring above ancient rainforest and offering panoramic water views.

Hanging 45 metres (150 feet) above the rushing water below, this project (spearheaded by the local Rotary Club) is now in the hands of B.C. Parks and offers an incredible new vantage to a Campbell River classic.

Towering 14 - metres above the deep water of Lake Taupo, the carvings have become one of the North Island of New Zealand's biggest tourist attractions.

Situated on the exclusive Rangali island (one of the two islands that make up the six star resort), the over-water 305 - square metre Premier Water Suite will offer an outstanding two - bedroom hideaway on stilts above the lagoon with two over-water swimming pools set on a spacious wooden deck that faces west to showcase the dramatic Maldivian sunsets.

Towering 14 - metres above the deep water of Lake Taupo, the carvings have become one of the North Island's biggest tourist attractions.

Some smaller boulders had been shunted 222 metres inland, and 26 metres above high water.

«We know from previous studies that in few years the temperatures above Greenland could rise by more than 10 degrees Celsius, and during the Ice Age the ocean's water level rose and fell several times by as much as 10 to 20 metres», she says.

The Arctic Ocean is highly stratified with a roughly 50 metre thick layer of cold relatively fresh water above a thermocline where the water temperature and salinity both increase with depth.

Clear about one metre above the gutter to allow water to drain freely into the gutter.