Because of their central position within the entire Alpine range, they are also known as the Central Alps.

Because of the proliferation of such systems in the Alpine regions of Europe, the French and German language names of téléphérique and Seilbahn, respectively, are often also used in an English language context.

Because of its position on the main Alpine watershed and its great height, the Matterhorn is exposed to rapid weather changes.

Because of the proliferation of such systems in the Alpine regions of Europe, the French language name of Télécabine is also used in an English language context.

Because of the difficulty of working this material, which was derived from the Alpine area of Europe, all the axe heads of this type found in Great Britain are thought to have been non-utilitarian and to have represented some form of currency or be the products of gift exchange.

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

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

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 polymer chains are so long, these interchain forces are amplified far beyond the attractions between conventional molecules.

Because supply chains frequently account for over 75 % of a company ’ s carbon footprint many organizations are exploring how they can reduce this and thus improve their SECH rating.

Because pawns capture diagonally and can be blocked from moving straight forward, opposing pawns often become locked in diagonal pawn chains of two or more pawns of each color, where each player controls squares of one color.

Because of this, Pentheus imprisoned Dionysus, thinking the man simply a follower, but his chains fell off and the jail doors opened for him.

Because of this, almost all value chains are split into a part made-to-forecast and a part that could, by using JIT, become make-to-order.

Because the hadith were not properly written down until many years after the death of Muhammad, although there were many individual written copies, the isnads, or chains of transmission, always have several links.

Because farm laborers in the United States are not covered by the Wagner Act, the United Farm Workers union has been able to legally use secondary boycotting of grocery store chains as an aid to their strikes against California agribusinesses and to their primary boycotts of California grapes, lettuce and wine.

Because Big O Tires is a wholly owned subsidiary of TBC Corporation, its franchisees are located in markets not served by the TBC-owned Tire Kingdom, NTB, and Merchant Tire chains.

Because they do not need to shift from sprocket to sprocket, track chains use a full bushing to allow little flex and to be stronger.

Because of this, long protein chains need to be broken up into small fragments which can then be sequenced individually.

Because methylmercury is formed in aquatic systems and because it is not readily eliminated from organisms it is biomagnified in aquatic food chains from bacteria, to plankton, through macroinvertebrates, to herbivorous fish and to piscivorous ( fish-eating ) fish.

Because of this, they have been observed to persist in the environment, to be capable of long-range transport, bioaccumulate in human and animal tissue, biomagnify in food chains, and to have potential significant impacts on human health and the environment.

GIRK2, GIRK3, and GIRK4 share an overall identity of 62 % with each other, while GIRK1 only shares 44 % identity with the others .< ref name =" ionchannel "> Because of their similarity, the GIRK channel subunits can come together easily to form heteromultimers ( a protein with two or more different polypeptide chains ).

Because of the abuse potential, many pharmacies and large retail chains have begun taking precautions such as restricting sales to those under age 18 and limiting the number of sales of dextromethorphan-containing products per customer.

Because previous chains are not stored in their entirety, this is impossible to detect efficiently.

Because of its cooperative structure, Wakefern has been very careful not to cannibalize sales of its member-owned ShopRite stores by opening PriceRite stores in overlapping trade areas — thus, most PriceRites are in New England or Pennsylvania, outside ShopRite's core regions, though locations of both sister chains can be within miles of each other.

Because the enzyme is deficient, small chains containing the sugar-like material accumulate in neurons, bone marrow, and various cells that defend the body against infection.