Sentence examples for elevation exceeding from inspiring English sources

In the canyon region the great mountains descend from an elevation exceeding 18,000 feet (5,500 metres) above sea level in the north to about 6,000 feet (1,830 metres) in the south.

With an average elevation exceeding 16,500 feet (5,000 metres) above sea level, it lies between the Kunlun Mountains to the north, the Tanggula Mountains to the east, and the Nyainqêntanglha Mountains to the south and stretches some 800 miles (1,300 km) from the mountain complex called the Pamirs in the west to the region of the Qaidam Basin in the northeast.

The Tien Shan mountain belts stretch east-west for more than 2,000 km, with elevation exceeding 7,000 m in places (Nelson et al. 1987).

Located high on the Tibetan plateau just west of the disputed border with China and with an average elevation exceeding 4,500 meters (14,800 ft) lay the sparsely populated eastern parts of Ladakh, India.

Located high on the Tibetan plateau just west of the disputed border with China and with an average elevation exceeding 4,500 metres (14,800 ft) lay the sparsely populated eastern parts of Ladakh, India.

After measuring the IOP, we used the glaucomatous D2 mice that had spontaneous IOP elevation exceeding 20 mm Hg and the mice were confirmed by examining the ON axon damage.

Its mean absolute elevation exceeds 1,640 feet (500 m), and its ice varies from 1,300 to 2,950 feet (400 to 900 m) thick.

A distinct but relatively small population in the top right corners of the elevation and phase distributions represents mainly second-hop echoes, while another population at close ranges centred at Δ ≈ 10° results from "wrapping" of the returns whose elevation exceeds Δ2π.

When the reservoir's elevation exceeds 745 feet, control of the dam's discharges are transferred to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers USACEE) who manage flood control in the larger basin.

Several mountain ranges, including the Cairngorm Mountains and Cuillin Hills, rise above the level of the plateau, with elevations exceeding 3,000 feet (900 metres).

By 1862 more than 40 peaks with elevations exceeding 18,000 feet (5,500 metres) had been climbed for surveying purposes.