Sentence examples for encompasses approximately from inspiring English sources

It encompasses approximately four-fifths of Venezuela and one-fourth of Colombia.

Mr. Lyall notes that the areas involved constitute a sizable portion of the country; if you consider land and coastal borders, this 100-mile zone encompasses approximately two-thirds of the United States population.

But unlike most other regional museums, the Atheneum has a distinguishing asset: an amazing collection formed over more than a century that encompasses approximately 45,000 objects, ranging from Egyptian, Roman, Asian and Grecian antiquities to all the decorative arts and Renaissance painting and sculpture.

As a property owner, the University of Zagreb encompasses approximately 130 buildings (465,000 m2).

The system encompasses approximately 80 flexible hoses and compensators, as well as 136 supports with clamps interconnecting up to 6 neighbouring lines.

Ghent encompasses approximately 14 city blocks on 70 acres and was developed as a streetcar, suburban residential neighborhood in the early twentieth century.

A second phase began in May 2010, with the creation of 29 reserves encompassing approximately 153 square miles, or about 20 percent, of state waters from San Mateo County to Santa Barbara County.

Before the horse, tepees averaged about 10 feet in diameter, encompassing approximately 80 square feet (7.5 square metres); later they averaged about 15 feet in diameter (4.5 metres), for an interior of some 175 square feet (16.25 square metres).

With 22 properties that encompass approximately 250,000 square feet, he is still the dominant presence there, and he said that business was very good with retail sales ranging from $400 to $1,200 per square foot.

Earth lodges averaged 40 to 60 feet (12 to 18 metres) in diameter, encompassing approximately 1,250 to 2,825 square feet (116 to 263 square metres), and generally housed three-generation families.

Saline lakes are most common in the semiarid regions of the biosphere, which encompass approximately 27 percent of total land area, because two preconditions for the formation of salt lakes occur there most frequently: a balance between input of water (precipitation and inflows) and output of water (evaporation and seepage) and the presence of endorheic drainage basins.