geographic range

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noun

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1. the distance at which a certain light, as that of a lighthouse, is visible to the eye at a given elevation, assuming that the weather is clear and that the light is sufficiently powerful to be visible from any point at which it appears above the horizon.

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Example Sentences

The results show that footprint analysis can offer a simple, affordable, and non-invasive way to confirm species presence and track changes in population size and geographic range.

From Science Daily

Mountain lions have the widest geographic range of any native mammal in the Americas apart from humans, stretching from western Canada to Argentina.

From Barron's

As the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment notes, “A changing climate may create conditions favorable for invasive mosquito species to expand their geographic range into California.”

From Los Angeles Times

With this enormous extension of its geographic range, Australian brook lamprey becomes the only lamprey species in the world to live in truly tropical waters.

From Science Daily

This extinction occurred despite their differences in size, adaptations, habitat and geographic range.

From Science Daily