Sentence examples for difference in altitude from inspiring English sources

As a result of considerable difference in altitude along their length, some rivers have great hydroelectric potential.

The board offered only basic information; it said the planes came within a mile of each other, but did not specify their difference in altitude.

"Instead of putting them into one long stream like a conga line, we'd have a dual stream, but with 1,000 feet difference in altitude," said Anthony Molinaro, a spokesman for the agency.

That said, some experts believe that the problems stem not from the ball, but the dramatic difference in altitude between the South African cities where the games are played.

Thus, water easily flowed to that sanctuary, owing to the difference in altitude, and supplied the mosque with potable and ablution water.

The difference in altitude from the headwaters to the outlet of the uppermost part is >4000 m (USGS 2004), and the average riverbed slope is >1‰.

Moreover, the difference in altitudes between the CSS and SSI gives a measure of the probability of reaching the latter from the former.

Associations were stronger as the depth (the difference in altitudes between the top and bottom layers) and strength (the difference in temperatures between the top and bottom layers) of the inversion increased.

Varying climatic conditions in successive eras and differences in altitude and in types of rock have combined to produce in Italy a wide range of soils.

Researchers do not know why animal ranges in Madagascar tend to be so restricted, although speculation includes differences in altitude and vegetation and the island's large rivers.

"What we know from designer Hermann Tilke is that the hallmark of the circuit will be the big differences in altitude within a lap as the highest point is expected to be 40 metres higher than the lowest.