Topography refers to the shape, features, and physical characteristics of the land or terrain. It involves the study or description of the natural and artificial elements that make up a particular area, such as mountains, valleys, rivers, and man-made structures. In simpler terms,
topography is all about understanding and mapping the shape and layout of the land.
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Kauai's waters offer a diversity of reef
topography in combination with a rich assortment of marine life that makes for truly remarkable diving.
To ensure that such a tiny amount of sweat would generate a strong enough signal, Prasad and Munje modified the
surface topography of the textile material.
Guatemala is a surprisingly diverse country,
with topographies ranging from black sand beaches on its Pacific coast to 30 + volcanic peaks in the central / western highlands to several beautiful lakes, equally beautiful rivers, a tropical Caribbean coast and dense jungles.
To the north, around the Balkh Oasis bordering Uzbekistan, UChicago's Anthony Lauricella and Emily Hammer, now at the University of Pennsylvania, examined extremely high resolution satellite and aerial images that can spot subtle changes in
topography as small as 10 centimeters across and 50 centimeters high.
A wide variety of underwater
topography from granite reefs to caves and arches, soft corals and wrecks
Crossing our country's vast and
varied topography by automobile, each of these storytellers taught us something we didn't know about a land whose frontiers had long since disappeared but which still seemed mighty big.
The Similans National Park has impressive
underwater topography with large granite boulders, swim - throughs and colourful reefs.
Microclimate is the climate near the ground which can be colder or warmer than in the free atmosphere, depending on
local topography (e.g. north vs. south side of a hill, higher vs. lower elevation) and vegetation (e.g. young sparse vs. old dense forest).
Located along the second largest barrier reef in the world, Utila offers diverse
topography for divers of all skill levels.
The role of supraglacial lakes in this has been a point of emphasis; Luthje et al, (2006) noted that the area covered by supraglacial lakes was independent of the summer melt rate, but controlled
by topography.
A spur of the Great Dividing Range juts towards the coast here, providing
diverse topography on the eastern side of the Pacific Highway with some notable high points.
This prevents them from resolving critical aspects of important climate variables, such as surface temperature and precipitation, especially in areas of
complex topography such as California and coastal Greenland.
Lighthouse Reef is known for its breathtaking deep walls and crests, sand flats, coral gardens including soft coral, and sponge gardens with a variety of
topography including some spectacular spur and groove formations.
«The Seven Towers I» is based on the same artistic theme with the exhibition, combining the
natural topography with the man made materials and taking on the process of destruction and construction in the Middle East.
This superplume is not only a widely - accepted source of the pull - apart forces that are resulting in the formation of the rift valley but has also been used to explain the anomalously
high topography of the Southern and Eastern African Plateaus.
«In these maps, you can see that there's elevation in the bed
topography at the same location as the seismic events,» Lough says.
Approached through a lens of reordering and rediscovery, Trosclair's site sensitive installations create
new topographies and narratives that highlight structural and decorative shifts that evolve over a building's lifespan.
She has intertwined these materials with artifacts ranging from fur pelts to expired fireworks and snail shells,
creating topography as rich and subtle as the desert itself.
«Greenland glaciers» varied vulnerability to melting: More accurate maps of
bed topography reveal physical processes controlling retreat.»
In this show of twelve large paintings and a handful of smaller works (which made its debut in March at the Kunsthalle zu Kiel and now travels to its organizing institution), landscapes are transformed
into topographies of mood, from physical elation to anxiety born of personal memories, filtered through the lens of a Northern Romantic sensibility.
Every beach is different: All beaches have a
different topography which causes the waves to form and break.
And the county's hugely varied
topography ranges from warm, clean sand and ocean waves to rugged mountains and wilderness areas.
Today, 14 of the 15 satellites currently making climatic observations on Earth are far beyond their designed life - expectancies, with the exception being the Ocean Surface
Topography Mission (OSTM):
High - resolution
seafloor topography of the Havre caldera mapped by the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Sentry shows the new 2012 erupted lavas in red.
This included group exhibitions
like Topography, and solo shows of Nikita Alexeev, Yuri Albert, Larisa Rezun - Zvezdochetova, Viktor Pivovarov, Viktor Skersis, and Medical Hermeneutics Inspection group.
On one recent afternoon, fifth - graders reflected on passages from the book «How to Eat Fried Worms,» fourth - graders learned
about topography in preparation for a field trip to the Museum of Science, and some students in other grades slid bows across cellos and violins to the tune of «Carnival.»
Accessible when weather conditions allow, South Side is famous for its
dramatic topography on its shallow sites which are fantastic for new divers and families as well as experienced divers who love macro life and amazing seascape.
Place and landscape has always been central to Jonas's practice, and not only the
urban topography of New York City.
Dynamic topography doesn't change global sea levels, but moves the «low - water marks» that are used to measure Earth's past climate.
The other study published in the American Chemical Society's Applied Materials & Interfaces reported a method for fabricating titanium implants with special surface
topographies which double the chance of cell viability in early stages.
The varied
topography doesn't end here; Bida Nok also offers a small sheltered bay covered with gorgeous anemones, and huge star corals.
A constant varying sequence of images reflect the Internet's
shifting topography of information.
Hawaii's warm tropical waters (72F — 79F), diverse aquatic life and unique bottom
topography make it one of the top scuba diving destinations in the world.
year - 2000, multi-sensor satellite imagery (Landsat ETM + and Shuttle
Radar Topography Mission data), bio - and geo - physical gradient data (elevation, slope, aspect, canopy density, and land cover), and USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis field reference data.
The reefs are the marine jewels of Belize's diving crown and can boast an extraordinary diversity of
reef topography including sandy reef - flat areas, walls, grooves and channels, caves and caverns.
The spacecraft's cameras — two identical ones, for redundancy — have
revealed topography that is surprisingly varied for such a compact world, whose total surface area is barely bigger than Texas's.
• Generate graphic presentations and develop design plans for specialized drafting based on project • Prepare complex 3D and 2D site layout plans • Build and
present topography cross sections and profiles while considering calculated earthwork volumes • Develop and maintain system flow details, floor and ceiling plans, mounting details and constructional documentation
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