Because the rugged terrain has made the land difficult to traverse and equally difficult to cultivate, this area has not been highly developed.

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 Dominica's rugged area, Caribs were able to hide from European forces.

Because of its unusual and rugged nature, the Red River Gorge features a remarkable variety of ecological zones.

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

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 the terrain was extremely rugged and lacked any major sources of wealth such as mineral riches, the area that is now Montenegro became a haven for residual groups of earlier settlers, including some tribes who had escaped Romanisation.

Because it is very wary and is found only in a small area of remote and very rugged country, it is remarkably little known.

Because of the rugged terrain, few roads and little police protection, these settlements are isolated.

Because " deep sky " observing often requires travel to dark locations away from city lights, the design benefits from being more compact, portable, and rugged than standard large Newtonian telescopes.

Because Kai's body is " de-carbonized ", it is heavier and significantly more rugged than that of a human.

Because of the rugged nature of the Canadian Shield country surrounding this river, large parts of this river remain relatively untouched and it is now a popular location for recreational canoeing, kayaking, fishing and boating.

Because of the rugged, rocky Faroese terrain, grain and vegetables do not grow very well, as only about 2 % of the 1, 393 km < sup > 2 </ sup > is arable land and none is set aside for permanent crops.

Because of this rugged terrain, 67 % of the land in Sangju is classified as " vacant ," unused for agricultural or other purposes.

Because the central portion is more rugged compared to the westernmost portion of Central Alabama, it is also the most flood-prone.

Because of the rugged terrain, strong currents, and remote location the island is rarely activated.

Because such antennas have a very low profile, are mechanically rugged and can be shaped to conform to the curving skin of a vehicle, they are often mounted on the exterior of aircraft and spacecraft, or are incorporated into mobile radio communications devices.

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 size and rugged character however, the common became infamous as a haven for escaped convicts and robbers.

Because of the rugged geography, efforts to bring roads and new infrastructure to Ngäbe reservations has been limited.

Because of this, the EF shares the F-1's rugged construction and tough metal body.

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 Donegal's hilly and mountain landscape, Mountain Biking has become a significant and growing interest.

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 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 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 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.