geographic range

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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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geographic range

Their geographic range contracted toward warmer tropical regions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

The discovery also changes scientists' understanding of the geographic range of this plant group.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

Their closest living populations are now nearly 2,500 km away in southern Mexico, indicating that the species once occupied a dramatically different geographic range.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

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 ● Jan. 2, 2026

The Great Leap Forward coincides with the first proven major extension of human geographic range since our ancestors’ colonization of Eurasia.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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