Each layer larger with rising elevation".
Subalpine meadows appear at about 4,500 feet (1,370 metres) and grow more extensive with rising elevation as the trees thin out, until they give way to alpine meadows above the timberline at about 7,000 feet (2,130 metres).
Antibody prevalence increased with rising elevation (> 1,200 meters) and correlated with a spatial cluster of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome cases in the Sierra Nevada.
At the downstream, the gradually rising water surface elevation in the dry dock is described in a transient boundary condition.
Across the county line in the town of Caton, NY 225 continues west through the gully for another 2 mile, slowly rising in elevation as it heads past a small number of isolated homes.
In central Vietnam the Annamese Cordillera runs parallel to the coast, with several peaks rising to elevations above 6,000 feet (1,800 metres).
All of the islands are of volcanic origin but are relatively low (rising to elevations of 270 to 1,440 feet [80 to 440 metres]) and rounded.
Extending outward from this central region are transitional plains, thinly forested and rising to elevations of about 650 feet (200 metres) above sea level.
Passes, including the Shiikh and Karinduusha, divide the highlands into separate mountain peaks rising to elevations between 6,000 and 7,900 feet (1,830 and 2,410 m).
The Himalayas have more than 110 peaks rising to elevations of 24,000 feet (7,300 meters) or more above sea level, including Kanchenjunga at the border of India (Sikkim state) and Nepal (see photo).
Inland, the relief is characterized by a series of granite plateaus, extending generally northwest to southeast and rising to elevations of 1,000 to 2,000 feet (300 to 600 metres).
