Sentence examples for wider valleys from inspiring English sources

The Yuan and Zi are torrents in their upper courses; fast-flowing in summer, they run through deep gorges, broadening out to wider valleys in their lower courses.

These above-barrier catchments also have greater resiliency to flooding, owing to wider valleys with greater floodplain connectivity.

My results show that mountain gazelles occurred in significantly wider valleys that are accessible to off road vehicles and which resulted in spatial overlap with domestic livestock.

Spatial variability in valley width exerts a critical control on catchment connectivity, with more efficient sediment conveyance in narrow valleys relative to wider valleys characterised by piedmonts, terraces, fans and extensive floodplains in which conveyance is impeded.

Using LiDAR from the Oregon Coast Range, we found gentler channel gradients, wider valleys, lower gradient hillslopes, and less shallow landslide potential in an above-barrier catchment compared to a neighboring catchment devoid of persistent knickpoints.

Narrow valleys within both drainage basin systems are characterized by a higher intensity of slope-channel coupling and display higher rates of sediment supply from slopes into the main stream channels than wider valleys.

(often confused with the wider valley in which it rests, Jackson Hole), has avoided becoming a sprawling tourist trap thanks to its quirk of geography: hemmed in by public land, the town has no room to expand.

They consist of a wider valley section with side slopes relatively gentler, ranging from convex to concave.

Pushing forward, he seized my hand and without a word led me along the paths, never hesitating in his darkness, to the ruined Buddhist monastery of Mohra Moradu nestling in a gorge between hills, hidden from the wider valley.

As the sides close in at the northern end of this wider valley area, the highway crosses to the west bank of the river highway and enters the Noorinbee North locality.

Within its borders are three mountain ranges, wide valleys, and saguaro forests.