Because very few wells and springs have water throughout the year, the herders leave with the end of the rains, turning over the land to the antelopes, gazelles, and ostriches that can survive with little groundwater.

Because the length of the lunar month is not an even fraction of the length of the tropical year, a purely lunar calendar quickly drifts against the seasons, which don't vary much near the equator.

Because the number of days in the tropical year is not a whole number, a solar calendar must have a different number of days in different years.

Because the sun's mean motion was used to calculate the jieqi, or seasonal markings, until 1645, this intercalary month was equally likely to occur after any month of the year.

Because the Julian calendar's implicit solar year has drifted further over the centuries than those of the Gregorian or Hebrew calendars, Julian Easter is a lunation later than Gregorian Easter in five years out of nineteen, namely years 3, 8, 11, 14, and 19 of the Christian cycle.

Because of the roughly eleven-day difference between twelve lunar months and one solar year, the length of the Hebrew calendar year varies in the repeating 19-year Metonic cycle of 235 lunar months, with the intercalary month added according to defined rules every two or three years, for a total of 7 times per 19 years.

Because of the relative difficulty reaching the park and its seasonal closing, fewer than 20, 000 people a year visit Isle Royale-fewer than the number of people who visit the most popular national parks in a single day.

Because the Albinus ' journey to Alexandria had to have concluded no later than the summer of 62 AD, the date of James ' death can be assigned with some certainty to around that year.

Because of their slow metabolism, large dragons can survive on as little as 12 meals a year.

Because of its altitude, the country remains cooler throughout the year than most other regions at the same latitude.

Because seasons and astronomical events do not repeat in a whole number of days, a calendar that had the same number of days in each year would, over time, drift with respect to the event it was supposed to track.

Because there are about twelve lunations ( synodic months ) in a solar year, this period ( 354. 37 days ) is sometimes referred to as a lunar year.

Because of the uniform water flow from Lake Ladoga to Neva over the whole year, there is almost no floods and corresponding water rise in the spring.

* 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

* 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

* 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

* 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

* 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

* 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

* 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

* 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

Because a person's thirty-fifth year of life begins on his or her thirty-fourth birthday, this means there is a one year's difference between the minimum ages as stated in the two texts.

Because of Jackson's star power, the Fox network declined to broadcast counter-programming against the halftime show like they did during Super Bowl XXVI's show in the previous year ( Fox aired a special live edition of In Living Color on that occasion ).

Because of its wealth of experience, the Organization for European Economic Cooperation could help with the initial studies needed.

Because of the means of publication -- science-fiction magazines and cheap paperbacks -- and because dystopian science fiction is still appearing in quantity the full range and extent of this phenomenon can hardly be known, though one fact is evident: the science-fiction imagination has been immensely fertile in its extrapolations.

Because scientific instruction and research involve increasingly large sums of money, an institution should choose its fields of prominence.

Because of its traditional lines, it probably has more kid appeal than any other model.

Because of its importance, and because the lack of price competition is well recognized, the industry is under considerable public pressure not to raise its price any more than could be justified by cost increases.

Because the food is selected with thought for its nutritional value, care for its origin, and prepared in a manner that retains the most nutrients, the food does taste good.

-- Held out of Texas Tech's sweat-suits drill Monday at Lubbock was tackle Richard Stafford, who is undergoing treatment for a leg injury suffered in the Raiders' 38-7 loss to Texas A & M Because of its important game with Arkansas coming up Saturday, Baylor worked out in the rain Monday -- mud or no mud.

Because of its simplicity, star hopping is a very common method for finding objects that are close to naked-eye stars.

Because of independence, the decision whether to use of the axiom of choice ( or its negation ) in a proof cannot be made by appeal to other axioms of set theory.

Because virtually all extant written material on Arianism was written by its opponents, the nature of Arian teachings is difficult to define precisely today.

Because of its hardness and ability to resist acids, agate is used to make mortars and pestles to crush and mix chemicals.

Because of its classical Greco-Roman style, the ruins of Mission San Juan Capistrano's Great Stone Church in California, United States has been called the " American Acropolis ".

Because of its importance as a symbol of indigenous culture, its gluten-free palatability, easy to cook, and its protein particularly well suited to human nutritional needs, interest in grain amaranth ( especially A. cruentus and A. hypochondriacus ) revived in the 1970s.

Because of its ( relatively ) economically isolated location, Alberta relies heavily on transportation links with the rest of the world.

Because of this, its main stars have no particular pattern and it is devoid of bright deep-sky objects.

Because of its elevation and distance from the coast, the Australian Capital Territory experiences four distinct seasons, unlike many other Australian cities whose climates are moderated by the sea.

Because of its pioneering efforts, Acadia is a laureate of Washington ’ s Smithsonian Institution and a part of the permanent research collection of the National Museum of American History.

Because of its bright green color when polished, amazonite is sometimes cut and used as a gemstone, although it is easily fractured.

Because of its size, the value of grazing and mining is considerable.

Because of the early origin of its original form, it does not address some Christological issues defined in the later Nicene and other Christian Creeds.

Because of its relatively small size for a capital city, Bonn was sometimes referred to, jokingly, as the Bundeshauptstadt ohne nennenswertes Nachtleben ( Federal capital without noteworthy night-life ) or the Bundesdorf ( Federal Village ).