terrain
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The disaster has also renewed scrutiny of how roads, hydropower plants and trade corridors are built in Nepal's challenging mountain terrain.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Nearby Bagdad was a railroad town named in the 1880s by Southern Pacific Railroad officials after the Middle Eastern metropolis — without the H — because of the desert terrain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
An area roughly 4 miles wide around the crater is about 16 degrees Fahrenheit colder at night than the nearby terrain.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
The realities of ultra-endurance exercise - multi-day events, sleep deprivation, extreme terrain and conditions, to name but a few – mean the journey to the finish line is as much mental as it is physical.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The terrain does not appear to be particularly difficult, but the rover is completely motionless.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
The U.S. has a diverse range of terrains across its 3.8 million square miles, including the desert in the Southwest.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
Satellites offering consumers and companies internet access, even in typically difficult to access areas and terrains, are starting to become a more popular enterprise for tech companies.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
Drones struggle to count items that are covered or hiding, such as cattle in mountainous terrains, and are largely ineffective indoors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
Sulfate minerals are widespread throughout the Valles Marineris region, especially in rugged landscapes called chaotic terrains.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026
On top of that, they had selected one of the most nearly impossible terrains on Earth.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing terrain
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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Elements of the Universe: Terr, Terra ("Earth")
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