Sentence examples for higher elevation zones from inspiring English sources

dry conifer forests: dominate higher elevation zones; low precipitation.

Spatially averaged increases in ET from the STS model increasingly surpassed those from the SWAT model in the higher elevation zones of the watershed, resulting in 2.3 2.6 times greater values from the STS model at the watershed scale.

The transition of winter precipitation from snow to rain is predicted to increase peak daily flows <5 10-year return interval and decrease peak daily flows ⩾10-year return in the middle to high elevation zones.

This map was drawn by QGIS QGIS Developmentt 2015) Fig. 2 Species composition of the dominant trees at low- and high-elevation zones.

These areas are identified as higher-elevation zones adjacent to current fly belts, along with regions that may experience wetter-than-normal conditions in the future.

The formation of river channels, for the most part, occurs in the high-elevation zone, where the melted waters of seasonal and perpetual snows and glaciers feed the rivers.

The extremely sharp daily fluctuations of temperature in the high-elevation zone create conditions of intense weathering from heat and frost, producing enormous quantities of loose material in those areas.

We established 24 rectangular plots (each of 10 m × 40 m) in natural coniferous forests at elevations of 2000 m (low-elevation zone) and 2500 m (high-elevation zone) and surveyed in September 2011 (Fig. 1).

Consistent with global patterns of amphibian diversity [20], [21], plethodontid species richness throughout the southern Appalachian Highlands is positively linked to the cool, moist montane climate [28] with most species occupying mid or high elevation climatic zones that were colonized millions of years earlier when those climatic zones occurred in valley bottoms [28], [29].

A general afforestation process was detected in the investigated area over the period 1933 2000, resulting in a high landscape transformation overall considering zones with higher elevation and slope.

The Ardennes is dominated now by coniferous forests in the higher elevations and by zones of mixed coniferous and deciduous trees, especially beeches and oaks, in the foothills.