Sentence examples for elevated terrains from inspiring English sources

In fact, it is necessary to understand the forces that support elevated terrains before considering the other factors involved.

As noted above, individual mountains, mountain ranges, mountain belts, and plateaus exist because tectonic processes have elevated terrains faster than erosion could destroy them.

Many volcanoes are built on elevated terrains that owe their existence to the intrusion into the crust of magmas i.e., molten rock presumably derived from the mantle.

Though it may sound like a foolish utopia, this could actually happen with the help of intelligent material that will elevate the terrain on the basis of pre-programmed parameters.

The diameter of the crater relative to that of the meteorite depends on several factors, but it is thought for most craters to be about 10 to 1. Excavated material surrounds the crater, causing its rim to be elevated above the surrounding terrain.

In most mountain belts, terrains have been elevated as a result of crustal shortening by the thrusting of one block or slice of crust over another and/or by the folding of layers of rock.

In southern São Paulo the Serra do Mar is characterized by three distinct terrain types: 1) highly dissected areas with closely spaced ridges and accordant summit heights; 2) multiconvex hills; and 3) terrains with highly elevated watershed areas, irregular summit heights, and locally subdued relief.

So in the video above they "Create mountains by pulling them out of the screen, draw rivers with your fingers, elevate an entire terrain to see a cut section view".

Instead, it unfolds over concrete terrain, including roads, passages, elevated ground, cover, and obstacles of every kind.

For an elevated source (z = 1.2 m) the average value of QbLS/Q over a homogenous terrain was 0.99, with σbLS = 0.20 and σx¯= 0.06.

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