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PRONUNCIATION OF HEIGHT OF LAND

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEIGHT OF LAND

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Height of land is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HEIGHT OF LAND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Height of land

The term height of land is used in Canada and the United States to refer to the divide between two river basins. The term "height of land" was frequently used in border descriptions, where borders were set according to the "doctrine of natural boundaries". In glaciated areas it often specifically refers to the low point on a divide where it is possible to portage a canoe from one river system to another. The name is enshrined at the Height of Land Portage which joined the Great Lakes to the rivers of western Canada.

Definition of height of land in the English dictionary

The definition of height of land in the dictionary is a watershed.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEIGHT OF LAND

heid
Heidegger
Heidelberg
Heidelberg man
Heiduc
heifer
Heifetz
heigh-ho
height
height gauge
height-to-paper
heighten
heightened
heightener
heightism
heights

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEIGHT OF LAND

access land
building land
common land
crown land
Deutschland
dry land
England
Finland
holland
Ireland
island
La-La land
land
lie of the land
Maryland
Nederland
never-never land
New Zealand
pasture land
the fat of the land

Synonyms and antonyms of height of land in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «height of land» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEIGHT OF LAND

Find out the translation of height of land to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of height of land from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «height of land» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

土地高度
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

altura de tierra
570 millions of speakers

English

height of land
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भूमि की ऊंचाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ارتفاع الأرض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

высота земли
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

altura de terra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জমি উচ্চতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hauteur des terres
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketinggian tanah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Höhe des Landes
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

土地の高さ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

땅의 높이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dhuwuré tanah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chiều cao của đất
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிலத்தின் உயரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जमीन उंची
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Arazinin yüksekliği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

altezza di terra
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wysokość od ziemi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

висота землі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înălțime de teren
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

το ύψος της γης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoogte van grond
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

höjd av mark
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

høyde på land
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of height of land

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEIGHT OF LAND»

The term «height of land» is normally little used and occupies the 138.680 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEIGHT OF LAND» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about height of land

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEIGHT OF LAND»

Discover the use of height of land in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to height of land and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Duncan Campbell Scott Symposium
In "The Height of Land" (Lundy's Lane, p. 63), Scott achieves a fine correspondence between his spiritual state and the states of nature by describing a journey through a landscape that is also a journey through the mind of the poet. Through a ...
K. P. Stich, 1980
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Floating Voice: Duncan Campbell Scott and the Literature of ...
"Sensed the north and bore away" — why is that line so much more thrilling than, rationally, it ought to be. Why does 'The Height of Land" so excite me? Are these variations on the same question? Apparently my mental compass points north, ...
Stan Dragland, 1994
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Tribal Boundaries in the Nass Watershed
of land; thence in a northerly direction along the height of land due east of the Duti River watershed, said height of land going east of Chipmunk Peak, and through Melanistic Peak, Mt. Trygue, Mt. Oakes, Kubicek Pass, Kubicek Peak and Stalk ...
Robert Galois, Neil J. Sterritt, 2011
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Rupert's Land: A Cultural Tapestry
The first of these was the concept of the pyramidal height of land, a theory related to the posited Continental Divide, but in which the sources of eastward and westward flowing streams were confined into a relatively small geographical area , ...
Richard C. Davis, 1988
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Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America
Another division is made by the Height of Land which separates the Hudson Bay from the Great Lakes drainage. 14. NOETHEEN GREAT LAKES This is the area of the Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Algonkin proper as distinct from the Cree and ...
Alfred Louis Kroeber, 1939
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Appendix to ... Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the ...
a: “ pond appeared at its northern extremity to terminate in a great marsh, which “ was supposed to be the ultimate source of the river, and to extend far and “wide along the height of land, probably joining the Great Marsh of the Sa“ vanna ...
Canada. Parliament. Legislative Assembly, 1858
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Statement on the Part of the United States of the Case ...
large map, (No. 40,) he gives the name 'of “height of land” not only to the same l'“ 8'""““acknowledged highlands, but also to those in the vicinity of Lake Temiscouata ; whilst, in his topographical description, (page 535,) he says that the River du ...
‎1829
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The Right of the United States of America to the ...
term "height of land," and occasionally that of "highlands," is used uniformly to designate the ground which divides rivers, without regard to its elevation ; and that the same term always designates the ground, in which the rivers thus divided  ...
Albert Gallatin, 1840
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First Statement on the Part of Great Britain, According to ...
40,) he gives the name 'of “height of land” not only to the same *“Bm'm't acknowledged highlands, but also to those in the vicinity of Lake Temiscouata ; whilst, in his topographical description, (page 535,) he says that the River du Loup, which ...
Great Britain, 1829
10
The Quarterly Review
And this Mr. Gallatin defends and supports by asserting that ' highlands (sic) which divide rivers, and height of land, arc synonymous.' — ib. Mr. Gallatin endeavours to prove his philological position by showing, what is quite true, that a portion ...
‎1841

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEIGHT OF LAND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term height of land is used in the context of the following news items.
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Great Divide Trail work resumes › The Lethbridge Herald – myLH.ca
To go along the height of land between British Columbia and Alberta, you're looking at some of the most spectacular alpine country in the world ... «Lethbridge Herald, Jul 15»
2
RTX PRESENTS FULL PALETTE OF VIBRANT FALL GETAWAYS
Or, opt for a seaplane tour into the wilds to view Maine's elusive moose in their natural environment. Be sure not to miss Height of Land, one of ... «TravPR.com, Jul 15»
3
Choose from easy hikes in Catskill Park
... turn right up Mill Brook Road for 2.2 miles to the height of land and pass that parking area; continue about five more miles to Kelly Hollow, ... «Poughkeepsie Journal, Jul 15»
4
Public Restrictions in Place Surrounding Nelson Wildfire Region
All Crown land within one kilometre north of the fire from Sitkum Creek west and over the height of land to Duhamel Creek. Map of the restricted ... «KelownaNow, Jul 15»
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Highway 34 work begins next week
Crews are expected to complete paving work near Height of Land Lake this week and near Osage the week of July 13. An additional passing ... «INFORUM, Jul 15»
6
How a story about Richmond's past came to be
St. John's Church sits on a height of land that provides a sweeping view of Richmond and the Palladian-styled statehouse designed by ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
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It's Worth the Trip: Daggett Rock seems supernatural
I'd suggest you might save the excursion for foliage season, as the trip over the height of land south of Oquossoc, with its glorious view out over ... «Press Herald, Jul 15»
8
Campfire ban starts Saturday
The Coastal Fire Centre covers all of the area west of the height of land on the Coast Mountain Range from the U.S.-Canada border at Manning ... «Comox Valley Echo, Jun 15»
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Appalachian Trail hiker with broken ankle recovering at CMMC
He said Smith left Andover on Wednesday morning, planning to hike the AT to Height of Land on Route 17. "He had made it roughly 13 or 14 ... «Lewiston Sun Journal, Jun 15»
10
Tree sees two centuries of Clearwater's history
It also had many years where, even though it was at the height of land, received a lot of moisture and it grew larger much faster in the good ... «Clearwater Times, Jun 15»

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