land surface

collocation in English

meaningsoflandandsurface

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land
noun
uk
/lænd/us
/lænd/
the surface of the earth that is not covered ...
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surface
adjective
uk
/ˈsɜː.fɪs/us
/ˈsɝː-/
working or operating on the top of the land or sea, rather than under the land or sea, or ...
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(Definition oflandandsurfacefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofland surface

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Sensitivity of climate simulations tolandsurfaceand atmospheric boundary layer treatments: a review.
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Many kinematic indicators (primarily - and type fabrics) show that the shear zone has an extensional geometry with respect to the presentlandsurface.
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This mismatch is mainly related to the inability of primary producers to harvest the photons incident on the sea or thelandsurface.
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Discriminant analysis was used to identify associations betweenlandsurfaceclasses and the presence or absence of the different species of mosquito larvae.
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They also require modelling of the interactions between the atmosphere, ocean andlandsurface.
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About 60 per cent of thelandsurfaceis under closed cover forest.
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Most fissures were clearly formed by rapid influx of unlithified sediment from thelandsurfaceor sea floor.
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Enhanced two-layer radiative transfer scheme for alandsurfacemodel with a discontinuous upper canopy.
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Being located on an island has meant that physical expansion of the built-up area cannot continue beyond the existinglandsurfaceavailable.
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For each region, we havelandsurfaceand population data.
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The base was subsequently rebuilt with accompanying considerable sitelandsurfacemodification, and, as a result, both strongly modified and little modified soils are present around the base.
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The average totallandsurfaceoccupied by rural households is well below 1 hectare (in 2000 this was 0.71 hectares, spread over an average of 2.44 plots).
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The importance of this book is that it brings together a great deal of information about a key feature of thelandsurfacein many parts of the world.
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Intrusion geometry and mechanism of emplacement are the reoccurring themes and several contributors present intelligent figures illustrating intrusion geometry and their relationships with the contemporaneous (volcanic)landsurface.
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For instance, if plant cover is destroyed, thelandsurfacecan become hotter.
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Let them retire to their own country which is one-sixth of thelandsurfaceof the globe.
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The total acreage of nature reserves does not amount to more than a fraction of thelandsurfaceof these islands.
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By it, 5,100 acres of arable land were thoroughly drained and 160,000 acres of otherlandsurfacedrained.
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