Sentences with phrase «square km in»

On a separate note, he said that Asia would likely be hardest hit by rising sea levels, estimating that a one meter rise would affect «nearly 100 million people on an area of 800,000 square km in Asia and direct economic loss will amount to 400 billion U.S. dollars.»

But the actual record, 4.17 m square km in 2007, was the product of an unusual combination of sunny days, cloudless skies and warm currents flowing up from mid-latitudes.

If you fancy venturing out on a hike, you can also enjoy the unique natural beauty of Timanfaya National Park, formed from rock formations and covering 51 square km in the Yaiza and Tinaja regions.

Fitzroy is a continental island 4 square km in size, 97 % of the island is National Park, covered in tropical rainforest and freely accessible to the public via an established network of clearly marked walking tracks.

The animal, and some 20 million people live in an area known as Caatinga, a tropical dry forest that once covered 845,000 square km in northeastern brazil that has been reduced in area by 53 percent.

The Pew Environment Group's Global Ocean Legacy program has set its sights on two further massive protection areas in the near future: they hope to see New Zealand approve a 630,000 square km area in the Kermadec Islands later this year, and Australia protect 900,000 square km in the Coral Sea in 2012.

The thirty two properties within the Marble Bar paleoplacer gold project cover an area of approximately 1,251 square km in the Nullagine embayment and 554 square km in the Marble Bar subbasin underlain by 2.74 billion year old siliciclastic sedimentary and volcanic rocks belonging to the Fortescue Group, the basal part of the Hamersley Basin located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

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The quake was one of the strongest ever to hit the state and prompted its oil and gas regulator, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, to order 37 disposal wells shut in a 725 - square - mile (1,878 - sq - km) area around Pawnee.

It also asked the EPA to help shut disposal wells in a 211 square - mile (546.49 - sq - km) area of Osage County because the OCC lacked jurisdiction there.

Toronto, Ontario - based Sparton Resources Inc. has approved an MOU for evaluation and possible acquisition of a 70 per cent interest in the 16 - square - km Yao Wan polymetallic exploration licence in Shaanxi province, China.

«The calving occurred sometime between Monday 10th July 2017 and Wednesday 12th July 2017, when a 5,800 square km section of Larsen C finally broke away,» said Project MIDAS in a blog post.

Spanning nine South American countries and 2.7 million square miles (4.35 sq km), the Amazon is the world's largest forest and is home to more than 120 indigenous groups and one in 10 known species.

The Tamale Metro Assembly is a very big assembly, the biggest in human population in the Northern Region with a population of 293,881 with a total area of 731 km (282 square miles).

On May 5, Australia's environment minister proposed the creation of a 320,000 square km marine reserve around the country's southwest corner, with 250,000 square km designated «no take»; the plan is expected to be confirmed in the coming months.

Scientists involved with the 545,000 square km marine reserve set up around the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean last year say it is expected to prevent 25,000 tuna, 10,000 sharks and 10,000 stingrays being caught every year.

Satellite data for the 12 months through the end of July 2013 showed that 5,891 square km (3,360 square miles) of forest were cleared in the Brazilian Amazon, an area half the size of Puerto Rico.

Despite the increase in 2013, the cleared area is still the second - lowest annual figure since the Brazilian government began tracking deforestation in 2004, when almost 30,000 square km (11,580 square miles) of forest were lost.

The zone, which at about 5,000 square miles (13,000 sq km) is the second largest in the world but still smaller than in previous years, is so named because it contains no oxygen, or too little, at the Gulf floor to support bottom - dwelling fish and shrimp.

The higher resolution was particularly helpful in mountainous areas since the models take an average of the altitude in the grid (25 square km for high resolution, 200 square km for low resolution).

Using a computer model that fused air pollution and atmospheric chemistry data, they estimated what annual average levels of ozone (a key smog ingredient) and fine particulates smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) were in 2010 within 100 - km - by -100-km grid squares across the world.

The WWF said it will work with the government of Nepal and local communities in a 9,000 square mile (93,310 square km) region that includes protected areas for tigers, rhinos and elephants in order to stop poaching, increase breeding and to monitor the tiger population.

One under Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean is thought to have triggered massive volcanism, spewing lava across 580,000 square miles (1.5 million square km) at the Deccan Plateau region of what is now India about 65 million years ago, coinciding with the end of the Age of Dinosaurs.

The Quelccaya ice - cap, covering 17 square miles (44 sq km) in the Cordillera Oriental region of the Peruvian Andes, is the world's largest tropical ice mass.

Developed in a collaboration between 13 different institutions harking from Australia, U.S.A., India and New Zealand, the new telescope array is located at the Murchison Radio - astronomy Observatory (MRO) around 800 km (497 miles) from Perth, a site that has also been selected as the future home for a portion of the Square Kilometre Array.

According to the results, the area covered by carbon - rich frozen ground in the Arctic is expected to shrink by 4m square km for every extra degree that global average surface temperature rises.

Hottest and weirdest commercial for Russian dating site Starring Milana Yuzhakova - Bias Free Reviews The Russian River, a southward - flowing river, drains 1, square miles (3, km 2) of Sonoma and Mendocino counties in Northern California.

Another, by Forest Research, modelled the impact of trees in a 100 square km area in the East London Green Grid, a major regeneration and development programme.

In November 2013, I took the leap and bought a 1,300 square - foot freehold townhouse for $ 236,000 in Shelburne, Ont., 100 km northwest of where I live in Ajax, OnIn November 2013, I took the leap and bought a 1,300 square - foot freehold townhouse for $ 236,000 in Shelburne, Ont., 100 km northwest of where I live in Ajax, Onin Shelburne, Ont., 100 km northwest of where I live in Ajax, Onin Ajax, Ont.

The Makgadikgadi Pans span 16 000 km ² (9 942 square miles) and are the largest salt pans in the world.

425 on Wisteria is a studio apartment located on the owner's property in Faerie Glen, a large suburb of the city of Pretoria, lying to the east of the city centre and 6.5 km from Time Square Casino, Sun Arena, Men...

Christmas Island is a small island territory of Australia, covering 135 square miles (350 sq. km) in the Indian Ocean.

This 4 Stars Hotel, Apartment and Conference Center, is ideally situated within the tranquil and secure complex close to only 2.8 km from the richest square mile in Africa Sandton City, Nelson Mandela Square and square mile in Africa Sandton City, Nelson Mandela Square and Square and the...

Many shops and restaurants are in the area and Wenceslaw Square is 4 km away.

This park is the second biggest wildlife preserve in Europe and the biggest in the Alps, extending over a territory of 1,800 square km.

The Leizhou Peninsula is the third largest peninsula in China with an area of c. 8,500 square kilometers (3,300 sq mi) located on the southwestern end of Guangdong, with the Gulf of Tonkin to the west and the 30 km wide Qiongzhou Strait to the south, separating the peninsula from Hainan Island.

Most of the area is contained in the Komodo National Park, a 700 square mile (1,126 km) protected area that includes the larger islands of Komodo, Rinca, Gili Mota, Nusa Kode, and Padar.

One must remember that the Great Barrier Reef covers an enormous area, some 2,575 kms in length and 335,000 square kms!

Declared a National Park in 1982, the Similans are comprised of nine islands in an area of roughly 54 square miles (140 km squared) and running 14 miles (24 km) long from North to South.

Strung out along this 2 km stretch are 19 hotels that make up the hotels in Siam Square.

Inaugurated in 1919, the museum occupies over 150,000 square meters of land and hangars in Le Bourget airport (IATA: LBG, ICAO: LFPB), 11 km northeast of Paris.

Spread across 3.5 square miles (9 sq km) in an area just outside Flores and Santa Elena, the Ixpanpajul Natural Park offers travelers aerial views of the forest canopy.

Travel along the Royal Mile (1.81 km long), the busiest street in the Old Town of Edinburgh, where you will find the Edinburgh Castle, Castle Hill, The Lawn market, Parliament Square, The High Street, The Canongate, Holyrood and more.

Situated in Bangkok, this hotel is within 3 mi (5 km) of Seacon Square, W District, and Paradise Park.

São Miguel is not a large island, measuring 62.1 km in length and 15.8 km in width at its widest point, and with a total area of 744.7 square kilometres.

Situated in Bangkok, this hotel is 1 mi (1.7 km) from Seacon Square and 1.5 mi (2.4 km) from Paradise Park.

Located in Don Muang, this hotel is within 6 mi (10 km) of IT Square, Royal Thai Air Force Academy, and Rangsit University.

Situated in Surabaya, this hostel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Ciputra World Mall and Surabaya Town Square.

Situated in Surabaya, this hostel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Ciputra World Mall, Al - Akbar Mosque, and Surabaya Town Square.

Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina is a 1520 square km national park 400 kms to the west of the city of Salvador in Bahia state.

The property is in an access controlled, secure suburb 2.4 km from Mandela Square, the Gautrain Station...