Sentences with phrase «of sparse vegetation»

Over a majority of the Earth's tropics, air passing over forested land produces twice as much rain as air passing over areas of sparse vegetation, the study found.

Notwithstanding that 6.9 GHz is limited to sensing soil moisture in the top few centimeters of the soil only in areas of sparse vegetation, the portion of the globe so covered is substantial.

Not exact matches

He will interrupt the diatribe to point out the odd, sparse vegetation of the soilless plains.

Microclimate is the climate near the ground which can be colder or warmer than in the free atmosphere, depending on local topography (e.g. north vs. south side of a hill, higher vs. lower elevation) and vegetation (e.g. young sparse vs. old dense forest).

Located between Greenland and Russia, Svalbard experienced a near - complete loss of its vegetation during the last ice age and was quite sparse even 10,000 years ago, but today it is home to a thriving plant community.

Eradication of cats was possible for various reasons: firstly, it is an island with a very small human population and therefore with a low risk or re-introduction of cats; its size is small (26km2) which helps control and monitoring; and lastly, the vegetation is sparse, with many open areas.

The remainder of the island is made up of coconut palms and sparse vegetation, with a few small buildings and a solar - powered lighthouse.

From a distance divers will think they are looking at sparse vegetation, but on closer examination each «leaf» turns out to be the upper half of a small eel protruding upright from its hole in the sand.

What appears at first glance to be sparse vegetation, transforms into a vast colony of garden eels, their willowy, graceful bodies protruding from their burrows delicately picking out morsels of food brought to them by the mild current.

Beyond the city lay vast swaths of cracked highways littered with ruined cars and sparse, but determined, vegetation slowly reclaiming the world.

In 1944, educational philosopher John Dewey wrote of Sobel's work in his characteristically florid style, «The quality I myself seem to feel most vividly is that of the interblending of the abundant life of vegetation with the sparser life of human beings in a kind of brooding maternal wholeness.»

A relatively sparse savanna vegetation of grasses and shrubs now covers most of the Sahel, which stretches from Senegal in the west to the Sudan in the east.