Sentences with phrase «small mountain ranges»

Given the unknowns in just what the positive and negative feedbacks are on cloud formation and dissipation and how they're affected by things much smaller than a cell, like jet exhausts, cooling towers, small mountain ranges, etc., it's hard to see how they can be that accurate.

The geography of Oklahoma is diverse, and includes everything from forests to small mountain ranges, and extensive prairies.

Unlike other migratory North American red crossbills, the South Hills crossbill is a permanent resident in this small mountain range, while other ecotypes regularly move through and even breed in the region.

A 100 mile (161 km) grid, for example, might not capture the climate effects of a small mountain range rising out of the eastern Montana plains or the climate differences between mountain summits and valleys in western Montana where temperature and precipitation vary greatly.

G and I live near a small mountain range and I'm so grateful for the reminder of my gorgeous Utah mountains.

A small mountain range in within the city limits, which are filled with foliage, making the city a great blend of urban and rural.

Not exact matches

Otherwise, there's the nearby and ever - entertaining New York City, a hundred - plus miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline, a smallish mountain range or two, a major amusement park, a half dozen professional sports teams (most of them mediocre at best), small - time skiing, a pretty Ivy League campus by the name of Princeton University, a wealth of black bear in exclusive suburban communities, the early homes of such celebrity types as Martha Stewart, Jack Nicholson and Bruce Springsteen, the site of the Hindenburg disaster, and (for visionary types) the ghosts of Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison, who lived and worked in the state for awhile.

The valley where the olives are grown is nestled between a small Pacific coastal mountain range and the larger Andes Mountains.

Our experiences will range from cooking classes, to foraging for fresh truffles, from gathering herbs and making herbal tea, to exploring small mountain villages in Abruzzo.

We found fruit and vegetable stalls with locally grown produce ranging from oranges to pomegranates and stalls with mountains of nuts in all shapes and sizes: pine nuts, almonds bigger than I had ever seen, along with peanuts and small bags of raisins.

Two mountains, one mountain range, one lake, a small glacier, an arch, a meteorological station and one golf club have been named after Dr. John Oliver La Gorce of Washington, D.C., who is shown here with his famed collection of weapons.

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.

The site contains a mini — mountain range of eroded hills and valleys covering more than 120 acres, surrounded by a sprawl of smaller mounds circling the central core like satellites.

The relatively quick coevolution occurred in two small Great Basin mountain ranges in southern Idaho, just across the border from Nevada.

The Volcano Hummingbird (Selasphorus flammula), White - bellied Mountain - gem (Lampornis hemileucus) and Fiery - throated Hummingbird (Panterpe insignis) are all examples of species that were classified as smaller - ranged in the study.

In particular, it allowed FWS to release captive wolves only into a small zone within Arizona's Blue Range of mountains; the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area covered just 16 % of the approximately 90,000 - hectare region.

Assistant Professor Tom Parchman in the biology department teamed with C.W. Benkman of the University of Wyoming in a multi-year study of the small finch in the South Hills Idaho mountain range.

Right now, climate models have to approximate many physical processes that turn out to be very important; air flowing over mountain ranges, for example, or small eddies mixing water in the ocean.

The exercises can range from very small, exhaustive movements (like pulsing up and down repeatedly in a low lunge) to bigger dynamic movements (like throwing in a few mountain climbers or punching the arms with weights), all set to music.

Many ex-slaves settled as small farmers in the mountains or on marginal lands in the plains away from the plantations, and the economy slowly diversified from sugar to a broader range of exports including wood, coffee and bananas.

Other facilities include an open - plan kitchen equipped with a refrigerator, microwave, small stove, kettle, and a lounge area opening onto a veranda that overlooks Pabala Game Farm and the Cockscomb mountain range.

The sporty - types will love the small, whereas well - equipped gym, while walkers will be stunned by the dramatic mountain scenery of the nearby Sierra de Almijara and Sierra Tejeda mountain ranges.

With the mountain ranges surrounding the small town, and the backdrop of the picture perfect beagle channel you cant find a more picturesque place to travel to.

The Verdugo Mountains are a small, rugged mountain range of the Transverse Ranges system, located just south of the western San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County, Southern California.

Located on the central western coast, Costa Rica's smallest national park is separated from its central valley by a mountain range.

There are roughly 1,800 different plant species across the park, covering a beautiful variety of environments ranging from Blue Flag beaches to gargantuan mountain areas and small creeks.

Moments Cottages are a delightful range of Blue Mountain cottages that bring new standards of excellence to couples and small groups expecting peace, privacy and luxury in self - contained accommodation.

Look for glimpses of small but spectaculer views of the ocean and the coastal mountain range.

The mountain range starts at Blyde River Canyon, located just west of Kruger National Park, and heads southward, through the smaller country of Swaziland, and ending near Lesotho.

Offers a wide range of small group walking, hiking and mountain biking tours in the Aoraki Mount Cook National Park area.

With a wide range of amenities in the area, including world championship golf courses, theme parks, animal parks and water parks, theatres, shops, beaches, bars and restaurants, small Spanish villages, gorges, rivers, lakes, mountains and skiing all being available within about an hours drive, this has to be one of the best locations to base your Spanish holiday.

Alpine Bed & Breakfast is situated in the small town of Maclear, tucked away in the foothills of the great Drakensberg mountain range along the R56 route.

Onse Rus Guest House is situated in Prins Albert, a small town located at the foot of the majestic Swartberg Mountain Range.

Tasmania is a small and naturally serene island, dominated by rugged mountain ranges, lakes and rivers.

Yachats (pronounced YAH - hots) is a small coastal city surrounded by the lush forested mountains of the Coast Range.

Surrounded by scenic landscape ranging from mountains to rivers and limestone cliffs to rice fields, this small and scenic town offers a long list of interesting attractions.

Sat between the Andes Mountains and a smaller range of hills along the coast, Santiago is spread over a wide, bowl - shaped valley in central Chile.

Oufontein is a self - catering house located in a quiet wildlife estate in the small town of Hoedspruit, at the foot of the breathtaking «Klein Drakensburg» mountain range.

The Cascade Loop is a well - traveled area that traverses the Cascade Range, taking visitors through small mountain towns such as Leavenworth.

Puerto Pollensa is a small town on the north coast of Majorca along a pretty horseshoe bay at the base of the Tramuntana mountain range.

From the remains of Moorish castles, cathedrals and seaside villages, to the Monchique (the Algarve mountains), the 18th Century small stronghold of Armaco - de-Pera and the fascinating Alcalar district (where the inquisitive traveller can see tombs which are said to date back over 5,000 years), Portimao holidays provide a range of cultural enlightenment from the get - go.

Despite that small gripe, the actual levels look fantastic, and as mentioned before the Hoysala architecture, the mountain ranges of the Western Ghats, and the mythological sculptures of the Hindu deities look spectacular.

Throughout the single player campaign, players control a small bird in the Alps mountain range as they solve puzzles and interact with objects in a fully - realised physics - based environment.

The title of the exhibition, The Great Blue Mountain Range, in relation to these small studies of stones, alludes to yet another comparison of difference — scale.

Living many years at the margin of old logging, more recent logging, a ridgeline overlooking an alluvial valley where a small city is growing and similar cities extend to the horizon in inland coastal range mountains in CA, I am reminded often of the coolness in the tall forest contrasting to the heat generated on sunny days where forests are discontinuous because of logging or absent because of urban growth.

Well, those of us in the slightly less «green» state of Massachusetts call them the Berkshires — but it is the same mountain range, the same magical small corner of the world.

A simple rule of thumb is that one can expect downscaling to higher resolution to improve the simulation of regional climate in locations that include coastlines and / or mountain ranges (particularly where the range is too small to be well resolved by the GCM but large enough to be well resolved at the higher resolution) while not making much difference over large homogeneous, relatively flat regions (deserts, oceans,...).

In fact, some regionally important mountain ranges, such as the eastern Mediterranean coastal range or the Flinders Range in South Australia, are too small to be represented at all in some range or the Flinders Range in South Australia, are too small to be represented at all in some Range in South Australia, are too small to be represented at all in some GCMs.

Additional waves can arise owing to irregular forcing, associated, for example, with thunderstorms, motion over mountain ranges, and other small - scale meteorological disturbances.

nevadensis) A small agave found in only a few mountain ranges in the eastern Mojave, southern Nevada and the Utah - Arizona border region.