Sentences with phrase «square miles surrounded»

Ten square miles surrounded by reality.

Like Melanie, I'm lucky enough to live in Boulder, CO, which many call 5 square miles surrounded by reality.

Not exact matches

The Boulder Valley School District encompasses not only the low - rise Boulder downtown, but 500 square miles of surrounding suburbs and rural farmland.

The remnants of former palm groves are visible, concentrated right next to the road, surrounded by the circles typical of aspersion irrigation zones: Pivots with ranges of approximately 650 feet provide water to grain plots over an area of approximately 15 square miles.

The region known as the Lower Pecos is an arid 21,000 - square - mile expanse of southwest Texas and northern Mexico surrounding the confluence of the Pecos River and the Rio Grande.

Earlier this summer the Jakobshavn shed a 2.7 - square - mile chunk of ice — about twice the size of New York's Central Park — after a mild winter that saw no ice form in the surrounding bay.

Since then, archaeologists have begun collecting a treasure trove of Iron Age and Bronze Age weapons, helmets, jewelry, and even a few stone tools from the Neolithic period, roughly 6000 B.C. Best of all, the exposed artifacts may be just a hint of what lies buried in the surrounding 30 - square - mile area, which should be well preserved by the valley's oxygen - poor, waterlogged soil.

Those ponds already cover an estimated 50 square miles, and an analysis of the industry's seepage records by the Canadian environmental advocacy group Environmental Defense suggests that every day around 3 million gallons of contaminated fluid leaks into the surrounding area.

Study shows 52,000 square miles in rapid decline, with sediment and carbon threatening the surrounding environment and potentially accelerating global warming.

But polar ice caps are surrounded by millions of square miles of near - freezing water.

The external appearance and equipment of the VAM Pacer consisted of a full bright molding package (wheel lips, top edges of the hood and fenders, window surrounds, rocker panels), bright rear panel between the taillights and the rear licence plate housing, protective side moldings, front and rear bumper guards, bumper nerfing strips, five - mile - per - hour bumpers with recovering shocks (only VAM car with this characteristic along with the Matador - based Classic line), five - spoke in - house VAM wheels, trim rings and full cover volcano center caps on the wheels, ER78x14 radial tires, driver's side manual remote mirror, radio antenna on the passenger's side fender, squared VAM logo emblems on the fenders, Pacer emblems on the fenders and bright rear panel and a two - step hood latch.

Soon Grady's home and hundreds of square miles of surrounding wilderness will be placed under quarantine by Homeland Security.

Three volcanoes, Sand Pedro volcano, Toliman volcano, and Atitlan volcano surround this 50 - square mile mountain lake.

Glover's Reef, approximately 50 miles from Caye Caulker, is a circular reef surrounding an 80 square - mile lagoon.

While the rustic - chic interiors are sumptuous (and the property comes with an in - house chef), it's the surrounding estate, a wildlife sanctuary on 200 square miles of rugged terrain, that's a true knockout.

Enjoy a two night stay surrounded by the wild beauty of 2,500 square mile Banff Park.

There are more than 60 square miles of fringing and deep reefs surrounding the islands, and thanks to historically light diver traffic, there are many areas that are rarely visited or even unexplored.

Though scattered across thousands of square miles of ocean, dive sites in the Maldives fall into three general categories, based on structure: Individual islands within an atoll are generally surrounded by a reef that creates a sheltered lagoon.

Highlights include the City's square mile with its distinctive squares and terraces surrounded by parks and gardens, the diverse residential architecture of North Adelaide with its bluestone mansions and row cottages and North Terrace with its galleries, museums and hidden away courtyards.

Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary encompasses 1,470 square miles of the ocean environment surrounding five of the eight California Channel Islands — Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel and Santa Barbara..

The lagoon itself consists of over 100 square miles of clear blue water surrounded by the protective arms of some 30 solid kilometres of barrier reef.

It has an area of 1,470 square miles (3,800 km2)[1] and encompasses the waters that surround Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel and Santa Barbara Islands (five of the eight Channel Islands of California), extending from mean high tide to 6 nautical miles (11 km) offshore around each of the five islands.

Located 1/10 of a mile from the inn on Mendocino's exclusive Chapman Point *, the 700 square foot Serenity Cottage sits on 5 private oceanfront acres surrounded by beautiful gardens.

Near to The Blue Hole, one of Belize's largest protected areas, Half Moon Caye Natural Monument, encompasses 10,000 acres of the atoll and 15 square miles of surrounding waters.

Lighthouse is home to Half Moon Caye Natural Monument, comprising about 15 square miles of atoll plus another 15 square miles of surrounding waters.

It encompasses approximately 1,470 square miles (or 1,110 square nautical miles) of ocean waters surrounding Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel and Santa Barbara Islands, extending from mean high tide to six nautical miles offshore around each of these five islands.

This site has an area of about 25 square miles and is surrounded by lush forests and vegetation.

Or is it tiny Aitutaki, a mere seven - square miles of sand and jungle warmed by the South Pacific sun and surrounded by what might be the world's most perfect lagoon?

A collection of 16 turquoise lakes, interconnected through a series of plunging waterfalls, surrounded by 116 square miles of verdant forest - by all accounts, the Plitvice Lakes are Croatia's answer to paradise.

The core of Xunantunich occupies about one square mile, consisting of a series of six plazas surrounded by more than 26 temples and palaces.

Vatulele is a private 12 - square - mile getaway with resident PADI scuba diving instructors and 19 villas surrounded by the jungle for ultimate privacy.

Snowdon, the tallest mountain in England and Wales, is surrounded by Snowdonia National Park, an 823 - square mile park of breathtaking Welsh beauty.

The town is blessed with stunning beaches, miles of pure sand, dense rainforest home to a range of native species (including koalas) and 220 square kilometres of surrounding marine park.

Cities require extensive farmland, food transportation systems, extensive energy production, fresh water systems that affect the land surrounding the city for thousands of square miles, and intense waste management.

In my first four years at The Times, I wrote dozens of stories about efforts to preserve the quality of New York City's water supply — 19 reservoirs surrounded by 2,000 square miles of rapidly developing exurbs — without having to build a giant filtration plant.

The site could be surrounded by ever - expanding square - miles of concrete / asphalt / buildings, but if it's in a compliant «patch», it could be a «2» category.

The designation would be awarded to a stretch of land about 300 miles southeast of Boise — 1,400 square miles of Blaine County, Custer County, and surrounding areas.

Grizzle maintains that the sophisticated fiber optic infrastructure available in Chattanooga and the surrounding 600 - square - mile area around it puts the city 15 years ahead of its competitors in terms of technological infrastructure.