terrain

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They move into weak regulatory terrain, rewrite the rules in their favor, drain the resources that communities rely on and send the value somewhere else.

From Salon

These images revealed craters that expose ice, patterned ground known as polygonal terrain, and other surface features that often indicate ice just below the surface.

From Science Daily

For writers, the future has long been a tricky terrain.

From Salon

Authorities said the hikers had begun their ascent in favourable weather, but conditions quickly worsened due to the altitude and the area's terrain.

From BBC

But in the Southland, no place was hit harder than Wrightwood, where terrain is vulnerable to a heavy downpour because of the 56,000-acre Bridge fire that burned in the area last year.

From Los Angeles Times