Sentence examples for top of vegetation from inspiring English sources

The fast free flow zone occurred on the top of vegetation where there was a decreasing shear dispersion and the velocity followed the logarithmic law for a submergence ratio greater than unity.

The tarp is then covered with several more layers of soil and a top layer of vegetation to prevent erosion.

To reveal the eggs, the top layer of vegetation was removed and set aside.

'Ballooning,' usually used by baby spiders, sees the arachnoids climb to the top of tall vegetation before releasing a silk balloon and allowing the wind to carry them.

The top surface t is, for example, the top of the vegetation, which is the case for this study.

Horton (1933) compared the soil surface to a "diverting dam and head-gate" that divides net precipitation (precipitation received at the top of the vegetation canopy less interception losses) into an infiltration component limited by the infiltration capacity of the soil and a surface runoff component.

Once paired, it builds a nest from water plants on top of floating vegetation in a shallow lake or bog.

He noted that last year's 4,192-acre Williams fire was caused by a car parked on top of dry vegetation.

Depending on the type of vegetation cover, the top few inches to several feet of ground above the permafrost thaws during the summer months.

Relatively little is known about the functional response (the rate of consumption in relation to food availability) of ungulates in eastern temperate forests, and therefore how "top down" control of vegetation may vary with disturbance type, intensity, and timing.

The LiDAR data were converted to vegetation top-of-canopy height (TCH) at 1-ha resolution, and then modeled against field plot-aggregate estimates of ACD.