Sentences with phrase «relatively high elevations»

In the northern part of the zone, Atlantic influences are practically nonexistent — probably because of the relatively high elevations of the coastal region, which reach 900 to 1,800 feet around San Jorge Gulf — although cold Pacific winds from the west and the cold Falkland Current off the Atlantic coast do have some effect.

Due to its relatively high elevation, El Paso also experiences occasion snowfall, and ice and snow can cause roof damage, fallen limbs and injuries.

The nearby Franklin Mountains place it at a relatively high elevation, and the El Paso area receives monsoon - like summer rains and thunderstorms.

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Not surprisingly, O'Gorman found that under relatively high warming scenarios, low - elevation regions with winter temperatures initially just below freezing experienced about a 65 percent reduction in average winter snowfall.

Although some insects are known to forage at high elevations, he says that there are relatively few insects in the cold, high mountains, leaving room for hummingbirds to take their place pollinating flowers.

The high elevation, relatively pristine lakes of the southern Sierra Nevada (California, USA) has been the scene of massive frog die - offs from chytridiomycosis caused by the...

The lake's high elevation, climate and isolation means the risk of many diseases common in Central America is relatively low.

At the same time, closed subalpine forests with low fire frequency were present at higher elevations, suggesting relatively wet summer conditions.

Montane - The biogeographic zone made up of relatively moist, cool upland slopes below the sub-alpine zone that is characterized by the presence of mixed deciduous at lower and coniferous evergreen forests at higher elevations.

In Greenland, the survey saw large ice losses along the southeastern coast and a large increase in ice thickness at higher elevations in the interior due to relatively high rates of snowfall.