Sentences with phrase «on steep slopes»

Recent intensification of permanent agriculture has had numerous negative environmental consequences: Erosion has accelerated and stream sediment loads have increased where repetitive cultivation is performed on steep slopes without appropriate conservation methods; permanent conversion of hill slopes and road building have increased the risk of landslides; irrigation of cash crops in the dry season has desiccated streams; and use of pesticides and fertilizers to sustain commercial agriculture has reduced water quality.

It appears that at least one hospital and a school — two of the keystone structures in any community — are among the buildings that collapsed, along with dozens of shanties built on steep slopes.

Here in the Western US, FSC enables industrial forestry, with the accompanying horrors of tree farms on steep slopes, rampant erosion, and stream siltation (setbacks only apply to bigger streams, and are poorly inspected).

The students traveled the length of Portugal, from the vineyards draped on the steep slopes of the extraordinary Douro Valley in the north to the cork forests of the south.

These communities are usually built on steep slopes, floodplains or other vulnerable spots.

Some of the astounding sights that can be seen in the canyon include soaring condors, ancient terraced farmland on steep slopes, thermal springs and traditional villages.

It uses a Fell Incline Railway System centre rail for braking on steep slopes.

There the cinnamon grows on the steep slopes of a high hill in this cinnamon heartland.

The Shiba Inu developed on the steep slopes of the Japanese mountains and was used to hunt both large and small game for many centuries.

A shepherd's best friend, the Great Pyrenees was bred to protect sheep on the steep slopes of southwestern Europe.

It worked so well on steep slopes that it would sometimes bring the Grand to a complete stop.

Eva Klingenschmid teaches with the kind of high dedication that seems perfectly appropriate for the school where she works, in the tiny village of Spiss, high on the steep slopes that flank the snow - capped peaks of the Austrian Alps.

Planting pygeum on steep slopes has become a useful practice for reforestation, as well as for reduction of soil erosion and landslides.

Beginning in 2011, scientists using the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)-- the best camera looking down on Mars — found hundreds of streaks, about 5 meters wide, that appear seasonally on steep slopes (pictured).

Since 2011, scientists have wondered about the hundreds of dark streaks that appear seasonally on steep slopes on Mars.

Sea cucumbers, or holothurians, normally seen crawling incredibly slowly over the flat abyssal plains of the ocean floor, were found on steep slopes, small ledges and rock faces of the underwater mountain range.

It is often grown on steep slopes.

We were on our way to see the herb growers of Paramin, who farm Spanish and French thyme, plus other herbs, on the steep slopes.

«What you want is a shipwreck that came down on a mountain,» he says, because sediment can't accumulate on a steep slope.

Even more amazing is Burnett's magical teleportation from a precarious perch on a steep slope pinned down by vicious sniper fire immediately to a Byronic pose on the top of a mountain.

A must - see example of the region's remote, low - key wineries is Ridge Vineyards, perched on a steep slope on the northern reaches of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Make sure to watch your step though, the currents are stronger here than anywhere else on Kaua'i Island and the beach itself is on a steep slope.

Before venturing on steeper slopes, upload Catamount Chairlift with the kids to enjoy a safe mid-mountain environment.

Tucked on a cobblestone street, perched on a steep slope, this boutique hotel in Puerto Vallarta seems inconspicuous.

The dive is begun, once descending to 5 meters of water a huge boulder stands on the steep slope bottom contour to deep blue water.

The extending reef ridges are the outmost tips of Bali; spreading out from Garden Eels on the steep slope to the maximum depth of 35 meters is gorgeous and healthy reef with variety of macro sea life and large pelagic fish.

In the south diving is from small boats on steep sloping reefs.

Hidden in the depths of these woodlands, even on the steepest slopes, I found the remains of agricultural terraces, built and used in earlier times of scarcity when this marginal land was needed for food production.

A smaller mass of ice on a steep slope would continue to grind its way through the mountains but eventually disappears.

These glaciers were not on a steep slope, but the avalanche moved quite quickly.

And some are on steeper slopes than others and can therefore be expected to accelerate faster (though unlike the sum of distinct exponentials, which need not be an exponential, the sum of distinct quadratics is always a quadratic).

A rollover occurs when the sliding vehicle strikes an object like soft soil, a curb or guardrail, or loses its center of gravity by turning sharply on a steep slope (lateral pull rollover), causing it to roll.

The house is built on a steep slope, so it has a partially sunken ground floor, which opens out onto the back garden, while the front door of the house leads into the raised ground floor.

Not exact matches

The coffee is shade - grown on steep volcanic slopes of the Northwestern Highlands of Guatemala by Maya Quiche coffee farmers.

From just a couple of cows, Bec and Bec have built a 100 - strong herd of Scottish Highland cattle on steep Tasmanian slopes.

«Charging down steep, jagged slopes full of loose rock is particularly hard on horses,» says Cannon.

I believe that Arsenal has been riding on a long slippery slope and it just became much steeper.

Because ranches and farms and other private property usually occupy the lowlands and foothills, and public lands are located on the steeper and economically less desirable slopes above, the public spots are often inaccessible except by crossing posted land.

The forested slopes and steep cool canyons provide campers with a picturesque and challenging terrain to train on.

After dinner, we decided to take the short route on our way back up to the hotel and ran up the steep grassy slope (instead of sticking to the winding access road) and I have never laughed so hard or been so exhausted!

A steep slope will separate the half - acre park from the wetlands on its north and west sides, said Park District project manager Lois Gordon.

As the day wore on, the slopes became steeper and more slippery.

Others are local oddities, like Alabama's Red Hills salamander, which has been seen emerging from its burrows on steep forest slopes so rarely that it was only discovered in 1960.

Instead, it collected on steep, rocky slopes, such as the edges of Monterey Canyon, as well as in a few spots in the canyon axis.

The experience taught her a lesson that she later applied to her scientific career: «When you're on a really steep slope, and you can't see the bottom, you have to just push off and trust your own abilities.»

A cross-section of underground ice is exposed at the steep slope that appears bright blue in this enhanced - color view from the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Reed scrambled up the steep slope on her hands and knees, saw the fossil, and yelled «Woo - hoo!»

This could trigger landslides on steep submarine slopes in the area, unleashing tsunamis capable of hitting the UK, and releasing buried methane that could amplify global warming.

If you have NRSOT, you're already on a higher risk trajectory to suffer from chronic kidney disease, and if you get an AKI, that slope just got steeper.»

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, partway through the first up - close study ever conducted of extraterrestrial sand dunes, is providing dramatic views of a dune's steep face, where cascading sand has sculpted very different textures than the wavy ripples visible on the dune's windward slope.