The Cumberland Plateau region is drained to the west-northwest by the Tennessee River and its tributaries ; all other parts of the state are drained to the southwest.

In the Appalachian Valley region the Coosa River is the principal river ; and in the Piedmont Plateau, the Tallapoosa River.

The Kerguelen Islands ( or ; in French commonly or but officially or, ), also known as the Desolation Islands, are a group of islands in the southern Indian Ocean constituting one of the two emerged parts of the mostly submerged Kerguelen Plateau.

The Lebombo Mountains, behind Delagoa Bay, nowhere exceed in height ; the Manica Plateau, farther north, is higher.

Pakistan is divided into three major geographic areas: the northern highlands ; the Indus River plain, with two major subdivisions corresponding roughly to the provinces of Punjab and Sindh ; and the Balochistan Plateau.

Roughly, then, the northern highlands are north of the imaginary east-west line ; the Balochistan Plateau is to the west of the imaginary southwest line ; and the Indus Plain lies to the east of that line.

Asunción has recorded as much as and as little as of annual rainfall ; Puerto Bertoni on the Paraná Plateau has recorded as much as and as little as.

The Himalayas, also Himalaya, ( or ; Sanskrit, hima ( snow ) + ālaya ( dwelling ), literally, " abode of the snow ") is a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.

The nuclear reactors were located along the river in an area designated as the 100 Area ; the chemical separations complexes were located inland in the Central Plateau, designated as the 200 Area ; and various support facilities were located in the southeast corner of the site, designated as the 300 Area.

They are separated from the Cottian Alps in the east by the Col du Galibier and the upper Durance valley ; from the western Graian Alps ( Vanoise Massif ) in the north-east by the river Arc ; from the lower ranges Vercors Plateau and Chartreuse Mountains in the west by the rivers Drac and Isère.

Farther south lies the Kaieteur Plateau, a broad, rocky area about 600 meters in elevation ; the 1, 000-meter high Kanuku Mountains ; and the low Acarai Mountains situated on the southern border with Brazil.

With their sources in the Ethiopian highlands, these rivers flow in a generally southerly direction, cutting wide valleys in the Somali Plateau as it descends toward the sea ; the plateau's elevation falls off rapidly in this area.

Emery County includes three geographical areas: the mountains of the Wasatch Plateau ; Castle Valley, where the major settlements are located ; and the desert of the San Rafael Swell, the San Rafael Reef, Cedar Mountain, and the remote stretches of land west of the Green River.

The county's geography ranges from high mountain terrain ( Uinta Mountains ) to the fertile Ashley Valley ( site of the county seat ), to a rugged and desolate canyonland which includes the Dinosaur National Monument, to desolate and largely uninhabited hills in the south (" The Bookcliffs " to locals ; officially Roan Plateau ).

The county is divided into forty-nine townships: Ada, Anderson, Antelope, Barrett, Beck, Bison, Brushy, Burdick, Cash, Castle Butte, Chance, Chaudoin, Clark, De Witt, Duell, Englewood, Flat Creek, Foster, Fredlund, Glendo, Grand River, Hall, Highland, Horse Creek, Liberty, Lincoln, Lodgepole, Lone Tree, Maltby, Marshfield, Martin, Meadow, Moreau, Plateau, Rainbow, Rockford, Scotch Cap, Sidney, Strool, Trail, Vail, Vickers, Viking, Vrooman, Wells, White Butte, White Hill, Wilson, and Wyandotte ; and eight areas of unorganized territory: Duck Creek, East Perkins, Independence, Pleasant Valley, South Perkins, Southwest Perkins, West Central Perkins, and West Perkins.

The 6, 197 ha Springbrook National Park comprises four reserves on and around the plateau: Springbrook Plateau section along the crest of the plateau ; Mount Cougal section to the east ; and Natural Bridge and Numinbah sections to the west.

Those familiar with the topography of eastern Ohio may be confused by this ; that region is hilly but its rocks are horizontal and are an extension of the Appalachian Plateau.

It is also near the southwestern corner of the Edwards Plateau, which is the western fringe of the famous, oak savanna-covered Texas Hill Country ; that area is dotted with numerous small springs ; one of these is the San Felipe Springs, which provide a constant flow of water to San Felipe Creek.

At once my ears were drowned by a flow of what I took to be Spanish, but -- the driver's white teeth flashing at me, the road wildly veering beyond his glistening hair, beyond his gesticulating bottle -- it could have been the purest Oxford English I was half hearing ; ;

At one side of the stage a dancer jumps excitedly ; ;

At four-o'clock, or four-thirty, the coming of the newsboy marked the end of the day ; ;

At the same time, I am aware that my recoil could be interpreted by readers of the tea leaves at the bottom of my psyche as an incestuous sign, since theirs is a science of paradox: if one hates, they say it is because one loves ; ;

At these times he felt a kind of pain in his upper chest, but it was an objective pain, in no way different from others in intensity and not different in kind ; ;

At this date, it seems probable that the name of Serge Prokofieff will appear in the archives of History, as an effective Traditionalist, who was fully aware of the lure and danger of experimentation, and used it as it served his purpose ; ;

At first I did not know what she meant ; ;

At the least, however, one may conclude that Geometric potters sensed a logical order ; ;

At the same time, the wallpaper strips themselves seem to be pushed into depth by the lines and patches of shading charcoaled upon them, and by their placing in relation to the block capitals ; ;

At this point, unfortunately, romance becomes a regrettably small part of the picture ; ;

At first glance, not much of a motive for a man of his standing ; ;

Dorothy Loudon's raucous listing of the attractions `` At The Roxy Music Hall '' from `` I Married An Angel '' ; ;

At fifteen he didn't care that he had no mother, that he couldn't remember her face or her touch ; ;

That is true at sea level ; those limits increase with elevation above sea level although in mountainous regions, there is often no direct view of the true horizon.

It lies at an elevation of 1132 m ( 3717 ft ) on the right bank of the Ubaye River, and is surrounded by mountains which reach peaks of over 3000 m ; the tallest of these is the Needle of Chambeyron at 3412 m. Barcelonnette is situated 210 km from Turin, 91 km from Nice and 68 km from Gap.

Two volcanoes form the island's most prominent topographic features: La Grille in the north, with an elevation of 1, 000 meters, is extinct and largely eroded ; Kartala in the south, rising to a height of 2, 361 meters, last erupted in 1977.

A cardinal named in pectore is known only to the pope ; not even the cardinal so named is necessarily aware of his elevation, and in any event cannot function as a cardinal while his appointment is in pectore.

The highest peak is Morne Diablotins, at ; Morne Trois Pitons, with an elevation of, lies farther south and is the site of the national park.

Temperatures vary little with season ; elevation is the primary determinant.

More specifically, " habitats can be defined as regions in environmental space that are composed of multiple dimensions, each representing a biotic or abiotic environmental variable ; that is, any component or characteristic of the environment related directly ( e. g. forage biomass and quality ) or indirectly ( e. g. elevation ) to the use of a location by the animal.

In 421, Honorius recognized him as co-emperor Constantius III ; however, when the announcement of his elevation was sent to Constantinople, Theodosius refused to recognise him.

Rainfall is higher in the winter months, and varies with elevation and exposure ; elevations above 500 meters experience almost daily rainfall, while the western, leeward side of Robinson Crusoe and Santa Clara are quite dry.

The highest point is the top of the mountain Khan Tengri, on the Kyrgyz border in the Tian Shan range, with an elevation of + 7, 010 meters ; the lowest point is the bottom of the Karagiye depression at-132 m, in the Mangystau province east of the Caspian Sea.

Landis had been a lawyer with a corporate practice ; upon his elevation to the bench, corporate litigants expected him to favor them.

Along with Uzbekistan, Liechtenstein is one of only two doubly landlocked countries in the world ; it contains a great variety of microclimates based on elevation

* Climate: continental ; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow or rain ; cool to moderately warm, cloudy, humid summers, great variety of microclimates based on elevation

As the last lake in the Great Lakes ' hydrologic chain, Lake Ontario has the lowest mean surface elevation of the lakes at 243 feet ( 74 m ) above sea level ; lower than its neighbor upstream.

A rise in the elevation of the land due to the melting of heavy glacier ice caused a slight rebounding effect of underlying rock ; this land rise, however, was not enough to eliminate all the effect of the rising sea level and its invasion of former land features.

Climate varies in the highlands depending on elevation ; subtropical temperate climate at around, temperate at, cool, alpine at and above the alpine zone, cold, harsh tundra and Arctic climate.

We, adhering faithfully to the tradition received from the beginning of the Christian faith, to the glory of God, our Saviour, the elevation of the Catholic religion and the salvation of Christian peoples, with the approbation of the sacred Council, teach and explain that the dogma has been divinely revealed: that the Roman Pontiff, when he speaks ex cathedra, that is, when carrying out the duty of the pastor and teacher of all Christians by his supreme apostolic authority he defines a doctrine of faith or morals to be held by the universal Church, through the divine assistance promised him in blessed Peter, operates with that infallibility with which the divine Redeemer wished that His church be instructed in defining doctrine on faith and morals ; and so such definitions of the Roman Pontiff from himself, but not from the consensus of the Church, are unalterable.

Seen from zero latitude the north pole's elevation is zero ; that is, it is a point on the horizon.

About 80 % of the region is below in elevation ; the lowest elevation,, is found in the extreme south at the confluence of the Río Paraguay and Río Paraná.

Elevation measurements vary depending on whether the data refers to the ruin or the extremity of the mountain ; Machu Picchu tourist information reports the elevation as 2, 350 m ( 7, 711 ft ).

Piper species have a pantropical distribution, and are most commonly found in the understory of lowland tropical rainforests, but can also occur in clearings and in higher elevation life zones such as cloud forests ; one species ( Japanese Pepper, P. kadsura, from southern Japan and southernmost Korea ) is subtropical and can tolerate light winter frost.

However, he does not appear to have joined the order of St. Francis, but rather remained a member of the secular clergy until his elevation to bishop of Carpentras, France, in 1471 ; very shortly after his uncle succeeded to the papal chair.

In the west, the elevation is about 600 meters, and the sand is fine and soft ; in the east, the elevation drops to about 180 meters, and much of the surface is covered by relatively stable sand sheets and salt flats.