Sentence examples for shape of the mountain from inspiring English sources

Both the height and the shape of the mountain are products of our biological history, in the main.

During the Koryŏ dynasty (935 1392) it was named Pusanp'o (Korean pu meaning "kettle" and san meaning "mountain," for the shape of the mountain at whose foot it is situated, and p'o meaning "bay" or "harbour").

The distribution of the average density was reconstructed by applying the range-energy relationship for cosmic-ray muons through rock to the path length (L) calculated from the surface shape of the mountain for each arriving angle.

Finally, Mark Reid, also at Menlo Park, plugged Sisson's and Finn's results into a computer model that uses the three-dimensional shape of the mountain and the strength of its rocks to predict the areas and sizes of the most likely slope failures.

The distribution of the average density was reconstructed by applying the flux-depth relationship for cosmic-ray muons through rock (Fig. 1) to the path length (L) calculated from the surface shape of the mountain for each horizontal and vertical arriving angle.

Thanks to basic geometry, the shadow shows a pointed top, no matter the shape of the mountain's summit.

The very sterility of the landscape is much of its charm; uncluttered by plants, the raw shapes of the mountain resolve into fleeting figures and imaginary beasts as the car whizzes past.

The lone steer standing there, a silhouette, made small by the dark shapes of the mountains rising up behind it.

Although Iitate's inland location helped it escape the earthquake and tsunami with little damage, villagers blame an unfortunate combination of winds and the shapes of the mountains for channeling radioactive fallout from the plant, 25 miles to the southeast.

This multinational effort in 2008/2009 flew aircraft back and forth across the east of the White Continent, mapping the shape of the hidden mountain system using ice-penetrating radar.

A shot of trees against an evening sky in which the collective silhouette of the trees resembles the shape of a mountain got pigeon-holed into a 'Mountains' album, for instance.