Because the rivers and streams have such steep gradients and are so fast moving, they are erosive instead of depository in nature.

Because bicycles require less steep grades than hikers, bike trails may have multiple switchbacks, while these may not be necessary for hikers.

Because of the steep cliffs around the summit, direct ascents from the city side are limited.

Because New Preston's steep, rocky terrain presents significant constraints to development, most viable development sites were utilized prior to 1900, making contemporary construction of new homes and businesses rare.

Because of the difficulty traversing the steep " Gardner's Mountain ", running north to south through the original Lyman grant of 1761, the settlers of the western portion had different priorities and needs than the rest of Lyman to the east.

Because Ford relied on gravity to feed fuel to the carburetor rather than a fuel pump, a Model T could not climb a steep hill when the fuel level was low.

Because of the steep rise in elevation and fjords cutting through the terrain, the amount of precipitation is very high.

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 the bicycle route includes a ride up an extremely steep hill known as " The Beast ", this triathlon is often nicknamed " Beauty and the Beast ".

Because of that, very steep low-pass filters are used on frequencies above 20 kHz ( the theoretical limit of human hearing ) that may introduce slight distortions into the audible-range signal.

Because this is a recently deglaciated fjord with steep slopes and crossed by a major fault, one possibility was a landslide-generated tsunami.

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 relatively steep climb, there are three lanes at each end, but only two at the bottom.

Because of the steep incline between Lime Street and Edge Hill, trains were stopped at Edge Hill, their locomotives removed, and the passenger carriages taken down by gravity, descent controlled by brakemen.

In plantations the tree is commonly planted at 3m x 3m spacing on a wide variety of landscapes from flat to moderatly steep hills. Because of selective breeding and more recently the extensive use of Growth Factor seedlings, forests planted since the 1990s are of superior wood with very straight tall trunks without the problem of twin leaders.

Because of the quite steep rise out of the plain, the park is terraced and is over 90 feet higher at the top.

Because of its unstable, steep cliffs this section of the park is closed to visitors.

Because of the extremely long, steep slopes, and dangerous terrain, single mistakes at the wrong moment by some extreme skiers have led them to them to being seriously injured or killed.

Because of the variation in sunlight, shade, and moisture caused by the steep cliffs, several different ecosystems exist in and around the canyon-like gorge.

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

Because of the mountainous terrain and the vertical character of the sites chosen for fortification, individual blocks typically emerged from rock faces in a steep hillside or cliff with mined galleries within under rock cover.

Because of steep mountains, avalanches are very common in winter.

Because of the instability of the soil on steep mountains, road-building and clear-cutting operations have led to dangerous landslides and the collapse of mountain slopes.

Because of its steep sides, there are many parts of the gorge on which trees cannot grow, making way for smaller plants.

Because of the nature of the pulse as a large, high powered, noisy spike, it is doubtful that there would be much protection if the explosion were seen in the sky just below the tops of hills or mountains.

Because hills and valleys under the aircraft will cause the magnetic readings to rise and fall, a radar altimeter is used to keep track of the transducer's deviation from the nominal altitude above ground.

Because of its location, sediments from both the flooding of the Tiber River and the erosion of the surrounding hills have been raising the level of the Forum floor for centuries.

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 much of Old Bisbee is built in the hills of the Mule Mountains, many of the houses can ’ t be reached by car.

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 there are many hills around the town, the area is called Szwajcaria Czarnkowska (" Czarnków's Switzerland ").

Because of the fact of being between on the sides of Quezaltepeque or Volcano of San Salvador and a low and picturesque mountain, in poetic language it ’ s designated as “ The city of the hills ”.

Because the hills are made of sand, rain water disappears rapidly, and then it flows at a depth of tens of meters to the edges where it reaches the surface again.

Because of this, many wide-area coverage systems like repeaters are located on top of large hills and mountains which overlook a vast area.

Because of the hills the school is built in, the science wing's first and second floors are just above the main building's second and third floors.

Because Broadway is a true north – south route that parallels the Hudson River and preceded the grid that the Commissioners ' Plan of 1811 imposed on the island, Broadway diagonally crosses Manhattan, its intersections with avenues marked by " squares " ( some merely triangular slivers of open space ) have induced some interesting architecture, such as the Flatiron Building.

Because the British promised slaves of rebels freedom for fighting with them, escaped slaves flocked north to join their lines.

Because of isolation, poor road conditions, and the prevalence of banditry, overland travel to the north of Mali is regarded as especially dangerous ; flying or traveling by boat is reported to be preferable where possible.

Because most Mandarin dialects are found in the north, the group is also referred to, particularly among Chinese speakers, as the " northern dialect ( s )" ().

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 territorial boundary line between the U. S. and Canada ran through the middle of Lake Erie and then up the Detroit River, combined with the prevailing belief regarding the location of the southern tip of Lake Michigan, the framers of the 1802 Ohio Constitution believed it was the intent of Congress that Ohio's northern boundary should certainly be north of the mouth of the Maumee River, and possibly even of the Detroit River.

Because the Fugitive Slave Law had made the northern United States more dangerous for escaped slaves, many began migrating further north to Canada.

Because of the curvature and downward tilt of Earth's magnetic field over the USA, the maximum EMP occurs south of the detonation and the minimum occurs to the north.

Because of its unusually high salt concentration, most people can easily float in the lake as a result of the higher density of the water, particularly in the saltier north arm of the lake, Gunnison Bay.

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 the river bends from west to north nearby at Greenhithe, the rail tunnel goes from east to west while the Dartford Crossing tunnels go from north to south.

Because of this, Mehmed considered Constantine to have broken the truce and the following winter of 1451 – 52, Mehmed built Rumelihisari, a hill fortress on the European side of the Bosporus, just north of the city cutting the communication with the Black Sea to the east.

Because of this asymmetry, the inner Van Allen belt is closest to the Earth's surface over the south Atlantic ocean where it dips down to 200km ( 124mi ) altitude, and farthest from the Earth's surface over the north Pacific ocean.

Because of the growth of suburban traffic on the Metropolitan, the line north of Harrow-on-the-Hill was quadrupled to Northwood Hills by 1961 and to Croxleyhall Junction ( north of Moor Park ) by 1962.

Because of their location, these two bridges were not replaced in the 1990s reconstruction of the North Central Expressway, and are the only surviving grade separations from the initial construction north from downtown.

Because of their tropical origin, most of these crops were difficult to grow except in the far north of New Zealand.

Because of fate, South Beloit is smaller than its brother to the north

Because the Indiana-Kentucky border is defined as the low-water mark on the north bank of the Ohio River as of 1792, and because the river changed course as a result of the New Madrid Earthquake of 1812, a small portion of Henderson County ( approximately long and wide ), lies north of the current course of the river in what would appear to be part of Indiana.

Because St. Vincent's mental hospital was located just north of St. Charles Rock Road, a streetcar line was constructed in the late 1800s from just south of Olive Street Road in University City north on the east side of Ferguson Avenue through what is now Pagedale to meet the electric interurban line to Saint Charles at the Rock Road.

Because the river runs at a southeast angle, the roads of Wisner run a similar path, and very few roads in Wisner actually run truly north, south, east or west, but at a severely altered angle.