Sentences with phrase «than the tallest tree»

The study, just published in the journal Atmospheric Environment, points out that low hedges reduce the impact of pollution from vehicles in cityscapes where there are large buildings close to roads, far more effectively than taller trees.

The plane dropped lower out of the sky until it looked like it wasn't flying much higher than a tall tree.

The government follows a «one island, one resort» policy and limits the height of the resorts to be equal or lesser than the tallest tree.

Not exact matches

Depending on the species, mulberry trees can grow up to 80 feet tall but average less than that, usually between 30 and 50 feet.

In the corner of our living room where a vase of flowers used to stand, now proudly resides our store - bought Christmas tree, the one that at one - and - a-half meters tall is just a head shorter than me.

Landing areas are wider than they look, though the tall trees will intimidate early and often.

Heck, that was nothing more than a play he'd practiced a thousand times as a kid in his backyard ringed with «big, tall, 100 - year - old trees.

The tree will grow to be more than 80 feet tall and, like Louise, will be an overarching figure on the Hill.

A control plot in a study of trees in the Amazon rainforest, where scientists from the University of Edinburgh have found that the tallest trees are likely to die of thirst, rather than starvation, in a drought.

Take our ancestor Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis), who stood less than four feet tall, swung from tree branches, and ran easily along the ground on two feet more than 3 million years ago.

Volk: From what it is today, and yet it was massively different with ice sheets where you and I are talking right now; in New York City would have been covered with an ice sheet that was taller than the Empire State Building, that would have been right here, you know, over 20,000 years ago, and the distribution of trees and all kinds of organisms, these distributions were very different from what they are today.

One way would be to count the number of trees that have clearly been around for a while — say, ones that had grown taller than 100 feet.

Why trees can't grow taller than 100 metres The taller the tree, the smaller its leaves.

These devices recorded how the 15 - meter - tall trees swayed whenever the wind speed averaged 5 meters per second for more than 3 minutes.

We can also say, more confidently than even a few decades ago, that our family tree isn't a tall pine, with a single trunk progressing upward to a lone pinnacle (us).

Experiments have shown that atmospheric pressure alone can only push water 33 feet up a vertical tube, and trees can grow much taller than that.

A healthy chestnut tree can grow more than 100 feet (30 meters) tall and measure 10 feet (3 meters) in diameter.

Bradford pear grows a little taller than most other ornamental trees.

From those in the yards of the neighbours on my childhood street, to the tall hills flanking both sides of Penticton that abound with pear, apple, cherry, apricot, and peach orchards, there are few things more evocative - or symbolic - of this corner of British Columbia to me than its bounty of fruit trees.

You wont believe how hard it was to find a tree that was taller than three feet, but smaller than 6 feet.

And since my husband refuses to look at any tree taller than eight feet, my stealthy sneaky big - tree - heart exploded with joy.

The tree is taller than the Statue of Liberty (305.6 ft or 93.1 m) and the famous Big Ben (316 ft or 96 m) found in London, England.

Trees have a thick woody stem, and are usually fairly tall (greater than 3 yards).

It got off track briefly among trees and the tall buildings of downtown San Francisco, but not more so than other systems.

If you are taller than six feet, you don't want to get in the woods, hook a hammock to a couple of trees and then find it's impossible to get cozy in a hammock that's too small.

To really make your furry friend happy, consider a cat tree that is taller than 6».

Sometimes when people buy smaller cat tree (less than 4» tall), cats don't seem very interested in them.

Between Williams and Las Vegas, watch for Joshua trees, which can grow to be more than 40 feet tall.

A national park site protecting the tallest tree species on Earth, Muir Woods attracts about 1 million people every year, inspiring them with redwoods over 260 feet high and more than 1,200 years old.

The nearby Carmanah Giant is nearly 100 foot taller; l the Sitka Spruce on Brookes Peninsula has a greater circumference, but the San Juan tree contains more sheer wood mass than the others.

In Guerneville, you can hike the trails at Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve, home to a grove of majestic coast redwoods — including one tree that is taller than a football field is long.

No building stands taller than the coco palm, which is the de facto local tree, and most residences are small homes painted in bright colors.

Buildings, even the resort - style condominium developments, are no taller than three stories high, or about the height of a large palm tree.

Further north, these trees can reach heights up to 379 feet, 74 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty.

There are no traffic lights, no buildings taller than the palm trees, no shopping malls, no crowds, no rush.

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Yosemite's iconic granite Half Dome is more than three hours from Sacramento, and the world's tallest trees, in Redwood National Park, are closer to Oregon than they are to most of California.

Local laws mean that buildings here mustn't be built any higher than the tallest palm trees, ensuring that this area's natural, beautiful landscape has been preserved.

A true Garden of Eden by the sea, the resort's beachfront island architecture features gingerbread - detailed cottages that are no taller than the highest palm tree, ensuring gorgeous panoramas of Saint Lucia's tranquil beach and tropical seaside gardens.

Along the way you'll discover tall stands of aromatic blue gum trees, 300 - million - year - old shell fossils embedded in limestone cliffs, white talcum - powder beaches, lichen covered boulders, and soaring dolerite columns, as well as more wombats than you are likely to see anywhere else on Earth.

With strict regulations prohibiting any building taller than a coconut tree, Kauai has a quieter, more laid - back feel compared to the other Hawaiian Islands — in short, it's the perfect destination for anyone looking to escape it all.

The hotel has 394 guest rooms and suites in low - rise buildings, no taller than coconut trees.

Building restrictions were put in place in the 1950's that no structure could be built taller than the palm trees surrounding the Napili Bay.

The thatched roofs and laws banning buildings being taller than palm trees allow the skyline to remain elegant and uncluttered.

It was very strange when I realized I was enjoying fighting tall skinny trees more than bokoblins as they all had swords that they'd put up to block my attacks, essentially eliminating the whole purpose of the sword controls being capable of slashing in eight directions.

Nothing is more terrifying than wandering Tall Trees with a horde of zombies following you and suddenly having zombie bears, cougars, wolves, and boars trying to get a taste of your brain.

While the original trees range from 98 to 380 feet — taller than the buildings that surround the plaza — the trees in the installation are just one to four feet in height.

The exhibition includes a ranting mop, a music box, a sculpture made of twisted plastic that rhythmically drums as it drops water into steel buckets, a whistling tree branch, an amalgamation of sensory organs made from bondo that rises more than 7 feet tall, and a drawing of a record that the artist produced by following the melody of a song with one hand and the rhythm with the other.

Ai Weiwei: Iron Tree: Standing at more than 22 feet tall and measuring more than 22 feet across, Iron Tree, 2013, is the artist's largest and most complex outdoor sculpture to date.

Standing at more than 22 feet tall, the iron pieces that comprise the sculpture were cast from tree elements found around the southern China.