In comparison, Japanese respondents did not separate volcanic lakes from lakes in folded mountains; visual characteristics were more important to them: they divided lakes into three subgroups not by their geological origin or topography but by the visible size of the water surface in the picture.
The broad fault-block mountain is characteristic of the basin and range plate tectonics of the high desert.
Waterfalls tumble down from the mountains, the characteristic that gives the Cascade Range its name.
Although Algorta's tenure as CEO bears no resemblance to what he experienced on that mountain, the same characteristics served him in his career at Quinsa.
In this respect, their availability, accessibility, and geomorphological diversity in high mountain represent important characteristics of this environment, since they represent a microsite where a list of ecological hazards (snow, wind, frost, and irradiation) are less severe than in open terrains and where plant propagules can resist, grow, and reproduce.
There are numerous endemic genera; Berberis, Rhododendron, and Juniperus are characteristic mountain genera.
We developed a novel procedure to delineate the current and former state of three characteristic mountain ecotones, which we formalised as forest, tree and tundra lines.
The shallow Mediterranean underwater mountains share common characteristics as the presence of an apical coralligenous assemblage, the typical biocoenosis growing on calcareous formations of biogenic origin, produced by the accumulation of encrusting algae in dim light conditions.
We selected two Southern California communities, Upland and several towns located in the San Bernardino mountains, because certain characteristics of those communities were believed to affect personal exposures.
Eighty-four percent of sample stands on Cedar Mountain exhibited stable aspen characteristics.
