Sentences with phrase «vegetated landscape»

Densely vegetated landscape with lagoons, forests, desolate beaches, Tsitsikamma, the Outeniqua mountains, Knysna, the Wilderness, Plett

Following glacial retreat, sparsely vegetated landscapes were colonized first by spruce parkland and then by closed subalpine forests.

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The route is the same travelers normally follow from the Kona direction when driving toward HAWAI`I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK and offers views of landscapes that run from mauka (mountains) to makai (ocean), including a rainforest reserve, well - vegetated volcanic terrain, sweeping vistas of the ocean as well as the volcanoes MAUNA LOA AND KILAUEA.

However due to the effects of landscape changes and differently vegetated surfaces, local temperatures often respond very differently and the minimum temperatures are especially sensitive to different surface conditions.1, 2

Ancient pollen samples suggest that the landscape was a bit like today's Chilean Andes: grassy tundra dotted with small trees.This vegetated period peaked during the middle Miocene, when atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were around 400 to 600 parts per million.