Sentence examples for drop in elevation from inspiring English sources

The 51-mile river has a drop in elevation like that of the 2,250-mile 2,250-milei.

The Boston course is not certified for record purposes because of its drop in elevation and its layout.

Davila will not benefit from a persistently strong tailwind and a drop in elevation as she did on the point-to-point course in Boston.

Although the Columbia River basin is the main focus of hydroelectric development in the region, the abundant precipitation, large drop in elevation, and deep, wide glacial valleys for water storage also have made possible hydroelectric development in the Canadian Coast Mountains and North Cascades.

In the much more distant future, a 40-meter drop in elevation would swamp many of today's landmarks.

Channel gradient is the total drop in elevation from the source to the mouth of the trunk channels in each drainage basin.

It was found from the average drops in elevation that were detected by CryoSat that Greenland alone is losing about 90 cubic miles a year, while in Antarctica the annual volume loss is about 30 cubic miles.

The witnesses described a scene of confusion and growing fright as the plane flew close to Salty's, across the bay from downtown, its engines sputtering as it dropped in elevation and finally hit the water with a huge splash.

Originally the first hole when the club opened, the 10th now is a 495-yard par-4 severe dogleg left that drops in elevation nearly 80 feet from tee to green.

In Allegany County, the freeway crosses the Allegheny Front, where, from Savage Mountain to LaVale, the highway drops in elevation by 1800 feet in a distance of 9 mile.

The Rocky Mountain Trench is thought to be a partial graben, or a long narrow strip of land that has dropped in elevation over time because of parallel faults on both sides.