About Terrain
Terrain or relief involves the vertical and horizontal dimensions of land surface. The term bathymetry is used to describe underwater relief, while hypsometry studies terrain relative to sea level. The Latin word terra means "earth. " In physical geography, terrain is the lay of the land.
Yemen: The children of a forgotten war
... " Hunger also threatens Yemen s childrenIt was a three-hour journey on the back of a motorbike, across rough Terrain - part road, part stones - in relentless heat...
Weekend avalanches kill 10 in Austria and Switzerland
... Austria s level four alert level means " very large avalanches are likely" - it advises inexperienced skiers to remain on open ski runs and trails and for experienced skiers to stay away from very steep Terrain...
Storm Arwen: 'I was left without broadband for seven weeks'
... " Our engineers have been working throughout and flat out - often in very difficult weather conditions and Terrain - to complete repairs with many involving a huge amount of complex civil engineering work and heavy or specialist equipment" Openreach said in a statement, It added that Mark Fenwick s case had been complicated by high voltage power cables falling on broadband equipment and several telegraph poles being made unsafe...
India-China conflict: Two sides fight, blame each other for the deadly
... The statement goes on to note that the injured soldiers were also exposed to sub-zero temperatures in the high altitudes of the Terrain ...