transect
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About an hour west of Twin Lake the next day, Gilbert sat with Sam Myers, who runs a fourth-generation wheat farm that the B2H line would transect.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025
A 35-kilometer-long transect rises from hot, steamy jungle at about 200 meters to cooler grasslands near the 4020-meter peak of Apu Kañajhuay.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 2, 2023
Microplastics were found in higher abundances nearer land mass at the southern end of the transect and northwards towards the ice edge, recording 0.015 microplastics m-3 during both transect legs.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2023
She and her colleagues then walked transect lines with ultraviolet flashlights that make the powder glow.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 31, 2023
Specimens from a transect of southeastern Sonora show intergradation between Perognathus goldmani and P. artus.
From Conspecificity of two pocket mice, Perognathus goldmani and P. artus by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall
Vocabulary lists containing transect
A Cut Above: Sect, Sec
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Unit 1: Ecological Systems
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