Sentence examples for because of their steep from inspiring English sources

Because of their steep gradients, rocky underlying terrain, and variable flow regimes, the peninsular rivers are not navigable.

Much of the biological richness of the Sierra Norte is found in its mountainous cloud forests, long isolated because of their steep slopes and high altitudes.

The name Senkaku was a translation of "Pinnacle Islands," which British seamen had been using as a nickname for the islands because of their steep rock formations.

The Andes have one of the largest soil erosion rate in the world because of their high rainfall intensities and steep slopes.

Camilo Ortiz, 30, a psychology professor at C.W. Post-Long Island University, and other young investors said they were not panicking about the market's steep decline because of their age.

What about the other companies in this industry?" The automakers also faced a much steeper climb because of their unfortunate timing, coming to Washington tin cup in hand during a post-election, lame duck session, and at a time when there is severe bailout fatigue on Capitol Hill.

However, such information is limited for steep mountain channels because of their complex nature and the lack of measured data.

However, these machines are not in use around steep or soft ground, because of their large weights.

Thus, even though total variance decreased for the latter four groups after 2001, the CV remained stable because of a steep decline of their mean LOS.

But he fretted about the "somewhat scary psychology" afflicting financial markets and focused on the expectation that consumers would sharply cut back their spending because of the steep drop in stock prices.

More than 1,000 Greenwich homeowners and property owners have filed formal protests with the tax assessor because of a steep rise in their property taxes following a reassessment last year.