But for the United States and its SEATO allies to attempt to shore up a less tough, less combat-tested government army in monsoon-shrouded, road-shy, guerrilla-th'-wisp terrain is a risk not savored by Pentagon planners.

The road to a guaranteed-neutral, coup-proof Laos is today almost as difficult as warfare on that nation's terrain.

Tibet is too vast, the terrain is too difficult.

The best chance, of course, is offered by gently sloping terrain where the water remains close to the surface and where the air is dry, so that a high evaporation leaves salty deposits which permit only sparse plant growth.

Anatolia's terrain is structurally complex.

A central massif composed of uplifted blocks and downfolded troughs, covered by recent deposits and giving the appearance of a plateau with rough terrain, is wedged between two folded mountain ranges that converge in the east.

The terrain is mostly mountainous and flat, with fast flowing rivers and few forests but with many trees.

One of the major weaknesses of GPWS is the lack of " look-ahead " information, because it only provides altitude above terrain " look-down ".

The tank is an all terrain AFV designed primarily to engage enemy forces by the use of direct fire in the frontal assault role.

It can cross comparatively rough terrain at high speeds, but is fuel, maintenance, and ammunition-hungry which makes it logistically demanding.

Designs of bridges vary depending on the function of the bridge, the nature of the terrain where the bridge is constructed, the material used to make it and the funds available to build it.

The terrain is low-lying and sandy: a coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef with a depressed central area devoid of a lagoon with its highest point being above sea level.

Its terrain consists of coral islands, and is relatively flat.

The average altitude of Burkina Faso is 400 meters ( 1, 312 ft ) and the difference between the highest and lowest terrain is no greater than 600 meters ( 1, 969 ft ).

The terrain of Burundi is hilly and mountainous, dropping to a plateau in the east.

Arguably, terrain is of less importance in modern warfare, due to the advent of aircraft, though terrain is still vital for camouflage, especially for guerrilla warfare.

From its origins near the city of Sarh, the middle course of the Chari makes its way through swampy terrain ; the lower Chari is joined by the Logone River near N ' Djamena.

This is particularly so in Chad, where the openness of the terrain, marginal rainfall, frequent drought and famine, and low population densities have encouraged physical and linguistic mobility.

The nation's terrain is coastal plain separated by rugged mountains, the Cordillera Central and the Cordillera de Talamanca, which form the spine of the country and separate the Pacific and Caribbean watersheds.

It originally stood for Community Access Television or Community Antenna Television, from cable television's origins in 1948: in areas where over-the-air reception was limited by distance from transmitters or mountainous terrain, large " community antennas " were constructed, and cable was run from them to individual homes.

Facing tropical disease, difficult terrain and well constructed Japanese defences, the allies only secured victory with heavy casualties.

The main differences between the two lay in the difference in terrain on which Vauban and Van Coehoorn constructed their defences: Vauban in the sometimes more hilly and mountainous terrain of France, Van Coehoorn in the flat and floodable lowlands of the Netherlands.

Burton, a popular snowboard company has constructed all natural terrain parks with rails made from planed out trees.

Cities were built with precise, unmatched stonework, constructed over many levels of mountain terrain.

When an area is constructed specifically as a terrain, the playing surface is typically loose gravel, decomposed granite, brick grog or crushed sea shell.

Flooding became a problem because of the flat terrain, therefore new crown streets were constructed to solve the flooding problem, and more housing additions were built.

A log flume is a flume specifically constructed to transport lumber and logs down mountainous terrain to a sawmill by using flowing water.

Following his plans, major irrigation facilities were constructed, settlements erected, and roads built on the Silk Road from Beijing to Kashgar, which made it possible to completely bypass the rough terrain of Tarim Basin.

BrikWars uses " minifigs " ( usually LEGO minifigures or equivalent miniature figures from other construction toy brands ) as small soldiers, and terrain constructed from construction bricks or random objects found near the playing area.

Bell Engineering of Lucerne, Switzerland, constructed the tramway in what they considered their most difficult tramway construction project, primarily because of the steep and rocky terrain.

The interchange was constructed as a stack interchange because surrounding buildings and terrain made construction of a cloverleaf interchange impractical.

More recently, indoor climbing terrain is constructed of plywood over a metal frame, spray-coated with texture to simulate a rock face.

The Cartier Railway is an engineering marvel and was constructed using all the modern, state-of-the art techniques available at the time, including making extensive use of aerial mapping to select the best route through the very mountainous terrain.

The terrain was much milder on the new extension and only five bridges needed to be constructed.

The railway was constructed through difficult hilly terrain requiring construction of massive embankments and numerous bridges.

The Welsh canals were in the main constructed along narrow valleys, where the terrain prevented the easy construction of branches to serve the industries which were located along their routes, but they had the advantage that their enabling Acts of Parliament allowed tramways to be constructed, the land for which could be obtained by compulsory purchase, as if the tramway was part of the canal itself.

Modern brogues trace their roots to a rudimentary shoe originating in Scotland and Ireland that was constructed using untanned hide with perforations that allowed water to drain from the shoes when the wearer crossed wet terrain such as a bog.

Modern brogues trace their roots to a rudimentary shoe originating in Scotland and Ireland that was constructed using leather with perforations that allowed water to drain from the shoes when the wearer crossed wet terrain such as a bog.

The school's buildings were constructed according to the hilly terrain of the area, so that there are no more than two levels at any single point.

Fields can be scattered with either natural or artificial terrain, and may also be themed to simulate a particular environment, such as a wooded or urban area, and may involve a historical context.

However, for terrestrial path modeling, AWGN is commonly used to simulate background noise of the channel under study, in addition to multipath, terrain blocking, interference, ground clutter and self interference that modern radio systems encounter in terrestrial operation.

A typical class involves a single instructor at the front of the class who leads the participants through routines that are designed to simulate terrain and situations similar to riding a bike outdoors.

Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program ( WAsP ) is a tool used in the wind energy industry to simulate wind flow over terrain and estimate the long-term energy production of wind turbines and wind farms.

Polygons can be given special attributes to simulate lethal death pits, icy terrain, health-regenerative platforms, and more.

The environment near the fort enabled 160th SOAR pilots to train and simulate flying in the mountainous desert terrain of Iran.

Over next several sols, Opportunity will focus on remote sensing while on Earth a series of testbed runs are in progress to simulate terrain interaction and evaluate different egress options.

of dry evergreen forests with gentle undulating terrain open wet and dryland type enclosures, specially developed to simulate natural environment for the animals.

The mapboard's hexes simulate terrain roughly ten to fifteen kilometers ( six to nine miles ) across, and the represented military units vary from regiment up to division size.