Because of the country's geography and long distances between major cities, aviation is also important.

Because mobility is severely impaired due to PNG's mountainous geography, heavy rain-forest and the nation's under-developed transport infrastructure, artillery is not used by the New Guinea Defence Force.

Because of the country's geography, aviation is also important.

Because of its location on the boundary between the Appalachian Highland and the Gulf Coastal Plain, the geography of the area around Tuscaloosa is diverse, varying from heavily forested hills to the northeast to a low-lying, marshy plain to the southwest.

Because of the town's geography and population distribution, resident children attend two elementary schools, each in neighboring towns.

Because of California's large size and diverse geography, the state can be subdivided in other ways as well.

Because of its geography, Marble Hill is often associated with the Bronx ; for instance, it is part of two of the Bronx's Community Board Districts.

Because of its geography and history, Tresco has often featured in fiction.

Because of its mountainous geography, tourism is important in Nidwalden.

Because of the complex geological history of the Pacific Northwest, the geography of the Oregon Coast is diversely varied, and is often separated into different regions based on geological formations.

Because local temperatures are sensitive to the geography of a region, and mountain ranges and ocean currents ensure that smooth temperature gradients ( such as might be found if the Earth were uniform in composition and devoid of surface irregularities ) are impossible, the location of the thermal equator is not identical to that of the geographic Equator.

Because Cadaqués has remained relatively isolated from the surrounding region ( owing to its geography ), the mediaeval speech patterns have been preserved.

Because of the confluence of these three rivers and the area's geography, Kaizu was prone to flooding in ancient Japan.

Because the cultures associated with Chinese society spanned a wide geography and time range, the techniques and equipment associated with Chinese archery are diverse.

Because of the difference in geography in China, many qin schools known as qin pai developed over the centuries.

Because of its small size, historic architecture and secluded geography, Annisquam remains a popular summer resort.

Because of the geography, the town has been growning upwards towards the highway and into the farm of late David de Oliveira Florian.

Because of geography, it is in the sphere of influence of the adjoining state of Victoria, which explains why its railway connection goes to Victoria.

Because there were many major constructions and geography features in the area, Shing Mun may mean one of the following by context:

Because of the greatly varying cultures and geography, many areas of the empire were left under local leaders, who were watched and monitored by Inca officials.

Because of the isthmus-like geography of Seattle and the concentration of jobs within the city, much of the transportation movement in the Seattle metropolitan area is through the city proper.

Because of the in-movie descriptions of geography and population, it depicts a fictional Utah town of Brigham City rather than the actual town of Brigham City.

Because of its geography and intense crime prevention program the district is virtually crime free and clean.

Because of its geography it produces one of the best coffees of the region ; coming first in 2007 in the annual Brazilian Quality Coffee for Espresso Awards ( run by the Italian coffee company Illy ).

Because of its mountainous topography and lack of development, Laos has few reliable transportation routes.

Because of this topography, the ocean cannot be seen from much of Malden's interior.

Because of their rugged topography and the rigours of the climate, the northern highlands and the Himalayas to the east have been formidable barriers to movement into Pakistan throughout history.

Because of its topography, Sussex County has remained relatively rural and forested area.

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

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 of its topography and prevailing winds, Judith Gap is the site of one of the most ambitious wind power projects in the United States.

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

Because of their great age, some tepuis exhibit surface features and subsurface caves that are typical of Karst topography formed in more water-soluble rocks such as limestone.

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

Because uplift rates associated with large New Madrid earthquakes could not have occurred continuously over geological timescales without dramatically altering the local topography, studies have concluded that the seismic activity there can not have gone on for longer than 64, 000 years, making the NMSZ a young feature, or earthquakes and the associated uplift migrate around the area over time, or that the NMSZ has short periods of activity interspersed with long periods of quiet.

Because of their stability, erosion has flattened the topography of most of the continental shields ; however, they commonly do have a very gently convex surface.

Because of its strategic importance, derived from its topography, it has been of military interest from the time of the Joseon Dynasty ( 1392-1910 ).

Because of the topography of the cities, alignments of the numerous state routes that cross the Illinois River can be somewhat confusing.

Because of the local topography the town was well suited to become a river center.

Because the surrounding area of Meath is so flat, the hill is the most prominent feature in the local topography.

Because of topography, the two provinces are not connected along the coast.

Because of the comparatively easy topography and the dense population, the transport network is highly developed.

Because of geographical proximity, similar topography and landscapes, and shared culture and history, the Potomac Highlands region also includes Pocahontas, Randolph, and Tucker counties, even though they are in the Monongahela River or New River watersheds and not that of the Potomac River.