In contrast with other continents, it is marked by the comparatively small area of either very high or very low ground, lands under occupying an unusually small part of the surface ; while not only are the highest elevations inferior to those of Asia or South America, but the area of land over is also quite insignificant, being represented almost entirely by individual peaks and mountain ranges.

The highest elevations of Mount Kinabalu are home to the Kinabalu mountain alpine meadow, an alpine shrubland notable for its numerous endemic species, including many orchids.

These birds are absent from the southern tip of Florida and the highest elevations of the Appalachian Mountains, but are found in eastern Mexico and in Cuba.

Vegetation zones generally correspond to elevation, with grasslands and shrublands at lower elevations, tall and montane forests at middle elevations, and shrublands at the highest elevations.

In the uplands and hills, the elevations rise to Driskill Mountain, the highest point in the state at only 535 feet ( 163 m ) above sea level.

The highest elevations are found along a rim that closely follows the coastline.

Baekdu Mountain, the highest point in North Korea, is a volcanic mountain near the Chinese border with basalt lava plateau with elevations between 1400 and 2000 m above sea level.

The dramatic changes in elevation along this transect result in a variety of biomes, from tropical savannas along the Indian border, to subtropical broadleaf and coniferous forests in the hills, to temperate broadleaf and coniferous forests on the slopes of the Himalaya, to montane grasslands and shrublands, and finally rock and ice at the highest elevations.

At the highest elevations is dwarf forest, a dense forest as short as, on saturated soils.

The highest elevations of this range are in the east, near the border with Kyrgyzstan.

That region is dominated by the peaks of the Pamir-Alay mountain system, including two of the three highest elevations in the former Soviet Union: Mount Lenin — and Mount Communism —.

At the highest elevations, trees cannot grow, and whatever life may be present will be of the alpine type, resembling tundra.

The climate ranges from tropical at the base of the mountains to permanent ice and snow at the highest elevations.

Though in a state of recession, a dozen small glaciers persist at the higher elevations near the highest peaks in the range.

A large portion of Antrim is hilly, especially in the east, where the highest elevations are attained.

The highest elevations parallel the east coast.

Because rain clouds discharge much of their moisture east of the highest elevations on the island, the central highlands are appreciably drier and, owing to the altitude, also cooler.

The highest elevations are in the north and northwest of the county, reaching 805 ft. near the Pennsylvania border in the county's northwestern corner.

The two highest peaks in the Karoo are Compassberg and Seweweekspoortpiek, with summit elevations of and respectively.

Color coding is directly related to topographic height, with green at the lower elevations, rising through yellow and tan, to white at the highest elevations.

The summers tend to be clear, sunny, warm, and very dry, with little rain from June to September except for some mountain thunderstorms in the highest elevations.

With about two million inhabitants, West Berlin had the highest number of residents of any city in Cold War-era Germany.

The highest point is Berlin Mountain, 2, 818 feet ( 859 m ) above sea level, near the Massachusetts border in the Taconic Mountains.

Berlin has an elevation of, the second highest, beside only Seven Springs, in Pennsylvania.

Their son, Daniel Ernst Jablonski ( 1660 – 1741 ), Comenius's grandson, later went to Berlin in 1693 ; there he became the highest official pastor at the court of King Frederick I of Prussia ( reigned 1701 – 1713 ).

But the sourcing of these claims is problematical, and the fact that Kun became a member of the highest committee of the Comintern and was shortly afterwards sent to Berlin seems to contradict Lenin's alleged response.

* Germany: The official capital Berlin is home to the parliament and the highest bodies of the executive branch ( consisting of the ceremonial presidency and effective chancellery ).

The Federal Constitutional Court has its seat in Karlsruhe, which as a consequence is sometimes called Germany's " judicial capital "; none of Germany's highest judicial organs are located in Berlin.

As a result, with more than 60, 000 people per square kilometer ( 155, 000 people per square mile ), Kreuzberg had the highest population density in Berlin.

It features many Gründerzeit buildings and is characterized by having one of the highest percentage of immigrants in Berlin and displaying a chiefly multinational aura.

Therefore, it is considered to be the least ethnically diverse borough of Berlin with the highest percentage of ( Ethnic ) Germans.

The Müggelberge hills in the south-east of Köpenick reach, making them the highest natural point of Berlin.

The highest level of leadership for the NVA was the Ministry for National Defense ( Ministerium für Nationale Verteidigung ) headquartered in Strausberg near East Berlin.

After the third senate of the highest German military court ( Reichskriegsgericht ) in Berlin condemned to death for alleged espionage the ten Norwegians Sigurd Jakobsen, Gunnar Hellesen, Helge Børseth, Siegmund Brommeland, Peter Andree Hjelmervik, Siegmund Rasmussen, Gunnar Carlsen, Knud Gjerstad, Christian Oftedahl and Frithiof Lund on 24 February 1941, Sven Hedin successfully appealed via Colonel General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst to Adolf Hitler for their reprieve.

* Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik, appointed by Rabbi Hutner to give the highest daily lecture in Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin ; also taught at Yeshiva University, Hebrew Theological College and Brisk Rabbinical College

In week 1 of the 2003 season, the Claymores defeated the Berlin Thunder 62-31-the highest scoring game in NFL Europe history-but in 2004 their home opener was a 3-0 defeat at the hands of the Amsterdam Admirals, tying the record for the league's lowest-scoring game.

It is 252 metres high and is the second highest building in the former GDR after the Berlin TV tower, which is 368 metres high.

Berlin ’ s highest natural elevation is the nearby Großer Müggelberg at 115 m.

Müggelberge ) within the Berlin boundary and was the highest in West Berlin.

Through the Admiralty described the idea of a 35: 100 tonnage ratio between London and Berlin as “ the highest that we could accept for any European power ”, it advised the government that the earliest Germany could build a Navy to that size was 1942, and that though they would prefer a smaller tonnage ratio than 35: 100, a 35: 100 ratio was nonetheless acceptable.

Here the western-most ridgeline is dominated by Misery Mountain and Berlin Mountain and extending into Pownal, Vermont ; the eastern-most, which terminates in Williamstown, Massachusetts is ruled by Mount Greylock, the highest point in Massachusetts.

Mount Berlin is the sixth highest volcano in Antarctica, located 16 km west of Mount Moulton in Marie Byrd Land near the eastern coast of the Ross Sea.

The law limited criminal liability to the highest leadership ; only politicians and the Finnish war-time ambassador in Berlin, Toivo Mikael Kivimäki, could be prosecuted.

Eventually, he was appointed judge of the state court in Berlin, which was the highest position a Jew was allowed to achieve in Germany at the time.