Sentence examples for upper alpine from inspiring English sources

The Adige supplies hydroelectric power in its upper Alpine section and irrigation for the Veneto in its lower course.

Because of fuzzy borderlines between the upper alpine, subnival and nival zones, 'high alpine' is used here as an umbrella term for species occurring in these zones of the European Alps.

Upper Austria Alpine Fisheries Ordinance.

Upper Austria Alpine Pasture and Agricultural Land Protection Law.

Evaluation of the functional composition revealed that upper layers of alpine meadows and farmlands exhibited a similar degree of dissimilarity, whereas alpine meadows were more divergent than farmlands.

Redistribution of snow by wind is a defining feature of the physical environment in high-elevation upper treeline and alpine landscapes where most precipitation is snow and wind speeds are frequently high.

Because these mountains are flat regions, there is no upper area where alpine meadow plants and animals can move.

Upper portions of two alpine commons in the Ötztal are state protected natural areas.

In particular, the domains of the Tauern Body and the upper part of the Alpine crust on the one hand and the insulating Molasse Basin sediments on the other hand control the shallow thermal field of the Molasse Basin area in response to their contrasting thermal properties.

Upper treeline ecotones within alpine and arctic ecosystems are mainly controlled by climate (e.g. Lavoie and Payette, 1994; Kullman, 1999; Grace et al., 2002), and are considered as sensitive proxy biomonitors for revealing the impact of climate variability on the distribution of high-elevation mountain forests (e.g. Camarero and Gutiérrez, 2004; Danby and Hik, 2007; Elliott, 2011).

The alpine zone (upper limits 2400 m/2600 m) is characterized by a cover of vegetation by small shrubs and grassland.