Because of the landlocked, hilly terrain common plant foods in Massachusetts are similar to those of interior northern New England-including potatoes, maple syrup, and wild blueberries.

Because the city is large with significant differences in elevation among various districts, the weather is often cooler in the hilly north than in the flat southern part of Tehran.

Because of its hilly topography and surrounding parklands, there are few roads into or out of town ; only the Coast Highway connecting to Newport Beach to the northwest and to Dana Point to the south, and State Route 133 crossing the hills in a northeastern direction through Laguna Canyon.

Because river valleys in the hilly areas were subject to cold air pockets and late frosts — especially during the Little Ice Age that persisted until the late 19th century — most early settlement was in uplands in and near South Quarter.

Because of their abrupt, hilly topography, pedestrian navigation, particularly in Upper Manhattan and the West Bronx, is facilitated by many step streets.

Because of its hilly location, and a request from the Trustees of Boston College that the building not block the view of Gasson Hall, only the top two stories were visible from the front of the building and the Gasson quadrangle, making it look small amongst the taller adjacent buildings.

Because of the hilly topography, these natural drainage channels are narrow and have steep sides and gradients.

Because of the hilly terrain on the east side of the road, with right timing and clear weather, a traveler on loop 360 in early morning can enjoy multiple sunrise scenes, the most spectacular one can be seen from the Pennybacker Bridge over Lake Austin.

Because of this last condition, snow rollers are more common in hilly areas.

Because this hilly area is also referred to as " the highlands ", the school team was named " The Scots ", and the mascot is a kilted Scottish highland warrior.

Because of the mountain slopes, terracing has been a common practice.

Because the Alpine mountain chains did not yet exist in the Cretaceous, these deposits formed on the southern edge of the European continental shelf, at the margin of the Tethys Ocean.

Because the mountain is so large, with complex structure at its edges, allocating a height to the structure is difficult.

Because the Khujand – Dushanbe route is closed in winter, the Anzob Tunnel was built to bypass the mountain crossing and open a route connecting Tashkent ( Uzbekistan ) and points north with Afghanistan and Pakistan to the south, via Tajikistan.

Because the town lies in the rain shadow ( leeward side ) of the Harz, less precipitation falls here than in similar temperate regions without the protection of a mountain range.

Because Boundary Peak ( Nevada ) | Boundary Peak, Nevada is partially in California, and is actually a sub-peak of Montgomery Peak, the shorter Wheeler Peak can be considered the tallest mountain in Nevada.

Because the family is quite old and has survived many geological events ( such as ice ages, mountain formation and continental drift ), its distribution has become scattered.

Because the Hmong lived mainly in the highland areas of Southeast Asia and China, the French occupiers of Southeast Asia gave them the name Montagnards or " mountain people ", but this should not be confused with the Degar people of Vietnam, who were also referred to as Montagnards.

Because of its rugged mountain topography, Ouray County is also known as the Switzerland of America.

Because they live on the slopes of the Andes Mountain Range, they are also known as the " Chilean mountain goat ".

Because the names mountain cranberry and lowbush cranberry perpetuate the longstanding confusion between the cranberry and the lingonberry, some botanists have suggested that these names should be avoided.

Because of their large wavelengths, VLF radio waves can diffract around large obstacles and so are not blocked by mountain ranges, and can propagate as a ground wave following the curvature of the Earth.

Because of their long wavelength, low frequency radio waves can diffract over obstacles like mountain ranges and follow the curvature of the Earth.

Because these mountain areas reliably provide good snow conditions, the area is a popular tourist destination.

Because of their extremely steep terrain ( often located in summer at ski resorts ), downhill courses are one of the most extreme and dangerous venues for mountain biking.

Because of the tourism there are many mountain railways and cable cars in the mountains.

Because trees lose moisture through their leaves, the shedding of leaves allows trees such as teak and mountain ebony to conserve water during dry periods.

Because the central mountain ranges come close to the coast at the north end of the bay, much of the bay's northerly coastline has deeply eroded tablelands that end in steep seaside cliffs which descend to narrow beaches.

Because of the mountain range running from the north to the south, the province has two types of climatic conditions.

( Probably, the first name of the town was " Sea Port of Zone-Goul-Dagh "... Because, Goul mountain is about 2-3 kilometers far from sea side ...)

Because of its recognizable shape, many other similar mountains around the world were named or nicknamed the ' Matterhorn ' of their respective countries or mountain ranges.

* Because of Bierstadt's interest in mountain landscapes, Mount Bierstadt and Bierstadt Lake in Colorado are named in his honor.

Because the gate was open during storm and at high tide, a wave as high as a mountain collapsed on Ys.

Because it was November and the ground may have been frozen, some authors like Bob Boze Bell have speculated that Holliday could not have been buried in his marked grave in the Linwood Cemetery which was only accessible via a difficult mountain road.

Because NA maximises mean fitness rather than the fitness of the individual, the landscape is smoothed such that valleys between peaks may disappear.

Because of such a history with ice, glacial features are readily found on the landscape, such as moraines and kames.

Because of oversupply, odd brick statues dot the landscape, the University Plaza, colloquially named " The Brickyard ", in Central Campus is nicknamed for its paving material, and most sidewalks are also made from brick.

Because of the warmer wintertime temperatures, Hardy Palms, including Trachycarpus Fortunei ( Chinese Windmill Palm ) and Needle Palms, would work quite well in the landscape, these plants having survived for many years also in other parts of coastal New Jersey, from Sandy Hook to Cape May.

Because of the warmer wintertime temperatures, Hardy Palms including Trachycarpus fortunei ( Chinese Windmill Palm ) and Needle Palms would work quite well in the landscape.

Because the intended result of the process is to produce a landscape, rather than a mathematical function, processes are frequently applied to such landscapes that may affect the stationarity and even the overall fractal behavior of such a surface, in the interests of producing a more convincing landscape.

Because of the rugged landscape, farming is only possible on a small scale, but this is still one of the main sources of income.

Because of the high position in the landscape has farming is mostly concentrated on livestock and dairy farming.

Because of its mountainous landscape, rice farming is done mostly in the Izumo plain where the city of Izumo is located.

Because of this there are several places where pits have been dug separately in lines stretching on for miles throughout the landscape.

Because none of the Majors were played on hardcourts in Laver's era ( both the US Open and Australian Opens were played on grass ), Laver never won a Grand Slam tournament on hardcourt ; this is quite different from the modern landscape, where half of the year's Majors are played on hardcourts.

Because gazing at the views while driving is inadvisable, the highway features many strategically placed vista points allowing motorists to stop and admire the landscape.

Because its landscape is largely untouched by humans, Cape Wrath has an excellent diversity of wildlife, including, as well as the red deer, fulmar, hooded crow, rock pipit, golden eagle, cormorant and gannet.

Because of the rugged landscape, many characteristics of primeval forest have been preserved, such as an abundance of dead trees.

Because of its architecture which has been maintained as it was at the beginning of the 17th century, it is also a well-known landmark within the very distinct geophysical and geocultural entity that is the end of Vexin normand and the forest of Lyons around the town is the border with Pays de Bray known for its traditional bocage landscape of woods, orchards and cattle economy.

Because it stands up well to cutting back and has dense foliage, it has been much used in landscape gardening, mainly as tall hedges and for topiary.

Because the land was not divided up with the end of communalism, the landscape of Amana still reflects its communal heritage.

Because of the significance of its landscape and architecture, the National Register of Historic Places, in 1986, designated parts of Chestnut Hill as historic districts.

Because of the beauty of the landscape, at holiday times there is a large influx of visitors from England and further afield.

Because of its varying landscape of fields, pastures, small forests and hedgerows, people compare this area to a park.

Because of its remote location, rugged landscape, and primitive transportation, the only practical way to operate the plant was to have employees on site.

Because of its easy growing habits and the bright, showy flowers of cultivars such as ' Roulettte ' ( tiger stripes of gold on a deep mahogany ground ), plains coreopsis is increasingly used for landscape beautification and in flower gardens.

Because there was little demand for portraits in the area, Bennett set his sights on landscape photography.