Yellowstone coyotes have had to shift their territories as a result, moving from open meadows to steep terrain.

They feel more secure on steep terrain, where they will often lead a pursuing wolf downhill.

Hong Kong's terrain is hilly and mountainous with steep slopes.

Hong Kong Island is dominated by steep, hilly terrain, which required the development of unusual methods of transport up and down the slopes.

The topography of Laos is largely mountainous, with the Annamite Range in the northeast and east and the Luang Prabang Range in the northwest, among other ranges typically characterized by steep terrain.

In the hills, conversion of forests to agricultural land — even on steep hillsides via terracing — is historically important, but has lessened in recent decades due to a shortage of remaining suitable terrain in the hills while mosquito suppression having opened formerly malarial land for settlement in the Terai.

Although steep mountain terrain makes exploitation difficult, mineral surveys have found small deposits of limestone, magnesite, zinc, copper, iron, mica, lead, and cobalt.

The terrain consists of steep coastal cliffs made from limestone and a central plateau.

They also jump with both feet together if they want to move more quickly or cross steep or rocky terrain.

The Crusader force enjoyed early success against Shirkuh's troops, but the terrain was too steep and sandy for their horses, and commander Hugh of Caesarea was captured while attacking Saladin's unit.

Early alpine skis, developed in Switzerland and Austria during the 1890s, were wider, shorter versions of the standard Huitfeldt Telemark model, meant to be more agile in steep terrain and in deeper snow.

It is also worth mentioning that another castle, Angelokastro ( Greek: Αγγελόκαστρο meaning Angelo's Castle and named for its Byzantine owner Angelos Komnenos ), situated on the northwest coast near Palaiokastritsa ( Greek: Παλαιοκαστρίτσα meaning Old Castle place ) and located on particularly steep and rocky terrain, a tourist attraction today, also held out.

The funicular was devised as a perfect solution for transporting golfers among the steep and dramatic terrain of the demanding and highly regarded golf courses.

Harvesters are employed effectively in level to moderately steep terrain.

Loggers work with heavy, moving weights and the use of tools such as chainsaws and heavy equipment on uneven and sometimes steep or unstable terrain.

In steep avalanche-prone terrain, traveling on ridge s is generally safer than traversing the slopes.

The first installation was on the Ngauranga Gorge section of dual carriageway on State Highway 1 with steep terrain, numerous bends, high traffic volumes, and higher than average accident rate.

The terrain of the county varies from grassland steppes and rangelands in relatively open or rolling hills and valleys, to steep, rugged, rocky high-alpine landscapes.

The landscape contains steep bluffs and sharp rises and falls within the terrain.

The 49th had been ordered to proceed up the beaches of Egmont-op-Zee, a steep climb through sand dunes and poor terrain.

On the sides of the steep river valleys that punctuate the uplands the terrain changes to exposed rock with collected pockets of soil.

The zig zag drive follows the old zig zag railway track which winds up the steep terrain, offering excellent views of the Swan Coastal Plain below.

He knew the terrain to be crossed ( a steep ravine containing a creek named Dill Branch ) was extremely difficult and Grant's defensive line was heavy with massed artillery.

Where steep terrain was unavoidable, steps were used instead of a steep track.

Not to repel injury and uphold and improve pax-ordo means not simply to accept the misshapen order and injustice that challenges it at the moment, but also to start down the steep slope along which justice can find no place whereon to stand.

The steep interior slopes also alter temperatures and winds.

The much shorter Atbara River, which also originates in Ethiopia, joins the main Nile north of Khartoum between the fifth and sixth cataracts ( areas of steep rapids ) and provides about 14 % of the Nile's waters in Egypt.

It might also be so named because of the geometrical figure's resemblance to a steep bridge that only a sure-footed donkey could cross.

1, Marx also emphasised that " There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its luminous summits ".

To reduce voyage times, Tranz Rail proposed to relocate the South Island terminal of its services to Clifford Bay in Marlborough, which would also avoid a steep section of railway.

Workers also had good reasons for discontent: overcrowded housing with often deplorable sanitary conditions, long hours at work ( on the eve of the war a 10-hour workday six days a week was the average and many were working 11 – 12 hours a day by 1916 ), constant risk of injury and death from very poor safety and sanitary conditions, harsh discipline ( not only rules and fines, but foremen ’ s fists ), and inadequate wages ( made worse after 1914 by steep war-time increases in the cost of living ).

The Kopet Dag Range is a region characterized by foothills, dry and sandy slopes, mountain plateaus, and steep ravines ; Mount Şahşah ( 2, 912 m ), also known as Mount Rizeh, southwest of Ashgabat, is the highest elevation of the Kopet Dag Range in Turkmenistan.

The term may also refer to a specific implementation ; a straight ramp cut into a steep hillside for transporting goods up and down the hill.

Geologically, a fjord ( or ; also spelt fiord ) is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created in a valley carved by glacial activity.

A funicular, also known as an inclined plane or cliff railway, is a cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a steep slope ; the ascending and descending vehicles counterbalance each other.

That year also saw Atlantic reach a milestone for major record labels: " More than half of its music sales in the United States are now from digital products, like downloads on iTunes and ring tones for cellphones ", doing so " without seeing as steep of a decline in Compact Disc sales as the rest of the industry.

The F-1 draw, initially considered too steep for use, was also eventually opened when engineers laid down a new road.

Trails that ascend steep slopes may use switchbacks ( also called hairpins ), but switchback design and construction is a specialized topic that takes great care.

It is also the nearest village to the scenic Glaslyn gorge, an area of tumultuous river running between steep wooded hills.

It also invades the Kurulukele Forest Reserve in Kegalla and other places where it has been planted as a decorative plant, or to hold steep banks along roads.

The effects of glaciation created soil characteristics that limited successful farming and steep hillsides that also cut down on the amount of farmable land.

This could also be as a result of a very steep rise of the lobe and short duration, where the valve is effectively shot off the end of the cam rather than have the valve follow the cams ’ profile.

A second wind-screen wiper was now included at no extra cost, although the wipers ' vacuum-powered operation was also retained: by now this was seen as seriously old-fashioned and the wipers were notorious for slowing down when driving up steep hills, or coming to a complete rest when trying to overtake.

The plan also involved considerable cost, requiring a long road to be driven up a steep high plateau into the heart of the protected area.

In a steep canyon, the side walls of the canyon can also be undercut.