topography
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Spain's geographical position, along with its climate and topography, make it unusually vulnerable as global temperatures increase.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The cause of the deadly landslide and flood along the Nepal-Tibet border isn't yet certain, but experts say the risk of such events is compounded by the extreme topography of the Himalayas.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Hill-climbing” is the term that is suddenly on lips across Silicon Valley, for reasons that have nothing to do with San Francisco’s dramatic topography or techies’ love of hiking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
With perfect weather year-round and a mostly flat topography, why wasn’t everyone in L.A. riding bikes?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Dried algae stuck to the walls and the sand formed a strange topography on the floors.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
It takes a thoroughly empirical approach to California’s four seasons and their manifestation across its myriad topographies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2024
University of Washington scientists who combined sea-level projections with topographies along Washington’s coast found some parts of Seattle and other areas will be permanently underwater if worst-case projections are realized.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 9, 2024
Challenging topographies, like thick forests or remote mountains, that don’t provide an easy high speed solution.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2022
But the impacts of climate change are uneven, Beissinger said, and the Pacific Northwest’s varying topographies and climates make it challenging to predict exactly how birds will adjust, Beissinger said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2021
A third advantage of the Fertile Crescent’s Mediterranean zone is that it provides a wide range of altitudes and topographies within a short distance.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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