The warning was issued in view of the torrential rains to rainstorms and strong winds forecast for the valleys. |
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He knows all the hills and valleys by name, and can speak Beja better than a native. |
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The terrain being covered is very scenic with some great views over hills and valleys. |
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The terrain is shallow valleys, the route follows the contours, enough to make walking easy. |
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In contrast, valleys generally develop in areas dominated by shales and mudstones. |
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The terrain near Alicante is quite nice with terraced olive groves on the mountainsides and orange groves in the valleys. |
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The population of the valleys was, moreover, distinct from that of the towns. |
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It also governs landscape features that delve down into the earth such as mines and quarries, wells, caves, holes or obscure valleys. |
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The traditional homeland of the Mordvins are the Moksha and Sura river valleys and their tributaries. |
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Throughout these valleys Red-necked Grebes are found on sloughs, ponds, lakes, and reservoirs, not on moving water. |
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Turkey's Anatolian heartland consists of a lot of mountains, and river valleys all traveling in unhelpful directions. |
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Alvarez produces thousands of trees that go towards repopulating the surrounding mountains and valleys. |
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Uplifted and incised fluvial terraces are preserved in footwall valleys, including those of the Ladopotamos and Vouraikos rivers. |
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It is a land of mountains, moorland and hill pasture, with steep river valleys and cliffs. |
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The Spanish Pyrenees with their imposing peaks and delightful valleys are rich in traditional values and folklore. |
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Descending from the mountain chain, numerous rivers have created wide, green valleys with steep slopes. |
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Hills, valleys, moors, and forests across the whole of the British Isles provided varying resources for local human communities. |
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The Yellowwood grows in the rich moist soils of hardwood forests, especially along stream banks, limestone cliffs, and valleys. |
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Major valleys cutting the volcano's flanks have been partly or completely filled in by pyroclastic flow deposits and lahars. |
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In the valleys there are orchards, and up on the high pastures, where not even barley will grow, people husband yaks, cows or sheep. |
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She hasn't looked at the scenic mountain range, valleys, bajadas, washes, and hills all around her. |
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I also found myself strangely unable to go to bed while building a model house with a roof of valleys and gables. |
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Ahead were more hills, more little valleys, more slopes and hollows and knolls. |
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The foothills are wooded, except in the south, and shelter valleys with vineyards and orchards. |
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When mist fills the Himalayan valleys and heavy monsoon rain sweeps across the hills, it is natural for the wild creatures to seek shelter. |
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The scenery on the plateau changes to panoramic views of enormous valleys and lofty mountains. |
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You will enjoy dramatic views of waterfalls, valleys, tarns and rugged rock formations. |
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Glaciers from this great mass of ice extend through mountain valleys and ravines to reach coastline fjords at many points. |
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The forests of New Caledonia have been cleared for mining and agriculture, leaving only a few small valleys where the kagus can live. |
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Arapaho Prairie represents typical upland dry sandhills prairie, with steep slopes grading into undulating dunes and flat valleys. |
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Rain cascades down glacier carved valleys, gathering with the steady, icy melt to roam through the talus and house-sized boulders. |
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In the hills and valleys the memory of the echoes of the old anthem abides. |
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Journey on where flowers stay abloom until each lover has cast his kisses on longing lips-parted like hills with deep valleys. |
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It's a triangular route, taking in the raised ground at the join of two valleys, and each side has distinctive qualities. |
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This tract is beautifully undulating in its surface, containing a number of bold eminences, steep acclivities, and deep shadowy valleys. |
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Scattered across 180 acres of tranquil hills, valleys and brooks are cottages and rooms accommodating guests of all categories and tastes. |
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This wise one was known as a healer as well as a warrior and one who had quested through the mountains and the valleys of the earth. |
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Pine trees, in addition to hills, valleys and waterfalls, added beauty to the city. |
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Many other streams and waterfalls run through this area's rocky escarpments and narrow valleys. |
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The peaks and the valleys, rivers and the waterfalls truly make the whole environment a paradise. |
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Rain should be eased into the ground to raise the water table, which will give us healthier and more diverse parks, ravines and valleys. |
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Fruits such as apples, apricots, quinces, figs, pears, cherries, berries, and grapes grew in orchards or the river valleys. |
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Though just a handful of scenic roads wriggle through its untold ridges and valleys, dozens of waymarked trails thread the mountains. |
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The steep hills and valleys also offer superb rivers for white-water rafting. |
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Many ridges of the Rocky Mountain chain exceed 2000 m elevation, and some have glaciers occupying the mountain tops and high valleys. |
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In the west, the Western Cordillera consists of a series of mountain chains and valleys or high plateaus. |
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Many have macadamized roads through them, and, indeed, are not gaps, but small valleys through the main chain. |
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Here you can go on a ride where you start from the sea, ride up to hill top lakes, and fly down rocky trails to lush green valleys. |
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The Shans migrated into Myanmar from China, to the north, many centuries ago, and settled in the valleys. |
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Amid the saddles and hidden valleys of the mountains spring mist hung like clouds. |
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We cruised through a town of cement low-rise hotels, with glimpses of deep rocky valleys behind. |
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Many vineyards planted in low-lying valleys alongside rice fields have high water-tables and a high risk of flooding. |
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Zig-zag roads and serpentine rivers criss-crossing different valleys of this far-flung district, make the landscape even more fascinating. |
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I could not see a town, not a road, only mountains, glacial valleys, a few icy blue lakes and rivers that from the air looked slate gray. |
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The interior consists of mountains, hills, valleys, and a high central plateau. |
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Grain by grain, the vast foundations, the beetling escarpments, the high domes in air are crumbled away and drifted into the valleys. |
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No beetling precipice, of which she ever heard, had fallen and crushed so much as the sheep feeding in the valleys. |
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It had high mountains where dragons slept in dark caves and low valleys where tiny sprites slept under toadstools. |
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The first are in low valleys where lakes did not form and the second, larger ones are higher and the result of rainfall. |
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The march went up high hills and down low valleys, and crossed the great Himalayan rivers. |
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As youngsters, they can even handle the heat of California's sizzling San Bernardino and Imperial valleys. |
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Settlements were semi-permanent or permanent hamlets and villages, often in river valleys and at intervals of about 20 km. |
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The trip passes by waterfalls, forests, canyons, valleys, sinkholes and caves. |
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Maize and squash were cultivated in river valleys, and after ad 1200 beans were grown too. |
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It inhabits the Savannah, brush, forest, river valleys, and semi-desert regions of Africa south of the Sahara Desert. |
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For example, snow partridge and Himalayan monal pheasant are facing local extinction from many valleys. |
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Ahead of you the landscape drops away, a basin walled on three sides by hills, and open ahead into valleys, trees, fields, the world. |
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Jim carried a tiny short-wave radio, but in these high valleys we could hear only Chinese and Russian voices. |
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On Kathryn's left were acres and acres of trails through meadows and woods, down valleys and over large hills. |
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Horses, on the mainland and in the archipelagos, were mainly raised in the upland, cool and lightly populated valleys. |
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My Essex is coastal, a mixture of marshland and arable on the gentlest of river valleys. |
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According to Morton, Mars has clouds, winds, shorelines, river valleys, volcanoes and even glaciers. |
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The Chase itself is a rolling chalkland landscape, with sheep scattering the uplands and mainly arable farming taking place in the valleys. |
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The area is remote, mountainous, and roadless, with the villages scattered along high valleys. |
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The area consists of steep mountains rising to around 1,500 metres with flat valleys, and the area is peppered with sand dunes and dry lakes. |
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The oldest subaerial volcanic materials crop out at the bottom of the main valleys. |
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The emerging city form for both Thimphu and Paro is lineal, following river valleys, consuming some of the richest farmlands as they expand. |
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Homes and hills, roads and valleys lay on the other side, limned in gold by the clear, late light. |
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The tall pillar of stones on the summit is a well-known landmark and there are great views of the valleys and tarns below. |
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She smoothed her plaid skirt, adjusting any wrinkles or valleys that had been created. |
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With their wounded strapped to travois, the Nez Perces made their way through the Big Hole and Horse Prairie valleys. |
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Venus has a complex surface, with plains, mountains, volcanoes, ridges, rift valleys, and a few impact craters. |
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It is a very attractive park of rolling hills, open grassy valleys, interspersed with thickets, woodlands and rich wetlands. |
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In general, mountainous regions with their steep slopes and deep valleys are eroded fastest. |
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The landscape comprised hill massifs separated by valleys, with side valleys separating submassifs. |
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I saw green, undulating hills adorned with bamboo wisps, deep valleys, and limestone caves. |
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Each terrace represents a fan of younger pyroclastic deposits infilling valleys cut in older fans. |
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Around a quarter of million people living in these valleys speak Balti, an archaic Tibetan accent. |
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It's cold outside, and I won't be climbing those valleys today, in the teeth of that wind which always seems to be funnelling down from the colder heights. |
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The fertile soil of the valleys produces a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, including citrus, sugarcane, watermelons, bananas, yams, and beans. |
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He rappels down near-vertical rock faces hundreds of feet above the Pacific, scales tall palms, and slogs through lush vegetation into deep valleys. |
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Membership of the committee is drawn from Bradford councillors representing wards in Keighley, Ilkley and surrounding villages in the Worth and Aire valleys. |
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From humble beginnings in the Welsh valleys he became a national celebrity, who adopted this city as his home and became one of Bradford's leading and best-loved citizens. |
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Scattered along fertile valleys, between sands and snows, most Afghan people farm land which is seared by 40 Centigrade summers, and is snowbound by the long, cold winters. |
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Unconsolidated deposits of ash may eventually mix with water to become massive, quick-moving mudflows, called lahars, that can fill in small valleys. |
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Midweek, Stefan's group will visit the villages of Magura and Pestera, where houses are built along the mountain ridges which flank deep ravines and valleys. |
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On the way down into Spain the road several times broke from tree cover in valleys that were a sea of saturated emerald. |
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The slopes of the hill on the northern and eastern sides descend sharply into the river valleys draining from the mountain watersheds of Avgo and Ayios Niketas. |
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The highest mountains were cloaked in mantles of snow and ice with glaciers perched in the hanging valleys as though suspended by some invisible thread from the summits. |
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The slanting rays of the sun accentuated the folds and valleys. |
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Most drivers using this road are headed to and from a handful of capillary valleys in the Pech. |
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Highland areas would be reforested to create a filter through which rain and groundwater could be purified for use in the more populated valleys and lowlands. |
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Instead, due to less intensive agriculture, such plantations are confined to the areas around habitation and in some of the more accessible valleys. |
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Over 150 wolves, from eight packs, now roam Yellowstone's forests and river valleys, attesting to a radical reversal of fortune for the maligned predator. |
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He views fungicides, bactericides, insecticides, and herbicides flowing through the waxy peaks and valleys of the leaf surface, just as water flows on planet Earth. |
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It was an exhilarating moment as the chopper seemed to come out of nowhere with its low engine roar reverberating across the valleys, echoing back and forth. |
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Leo's trademark vocals are in full force, traversing the usual valleys of gut-wrenching falsetto and perfunctory quavers in resplendent multi-tracked glory. |
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This time we play Cupid, and what we behold is a smoother landscape with fewer peaks and valleys, a thoroughly modern image of taut contemporary womanhood. |
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The film retraces much of Che's journey, the camera wandering through desolate valleys and rocky cliffs while Che's words are read on the soundtrack. |
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Most of today's estuaries formed because the sea level has slowly risen during the last 18,000 years, drowning river valleys and filling in glacial troughs. |
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I can believe the widespread flowing water part, but did this flowing water excavate channels and valleys or create unconformities over a long period of time? |
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Like the Arizona desert, the Huygens landing site has steep hills, arroyos or dry gullies choked with sediment, and dry flat valleys where liquid pools. |
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The land climbs from the hot parklands of these two river valleys up through small farming areas to a central plateau of msasa and mopane savanna woodland. |
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I will of course provide you with a map that will guide you to the high valleys, and a guard Rota so you know when to attack and have the most time before you are discovered. |
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We see herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the plains, elephants romping in the distance, and breathtaking shots of mountains and valleys. |
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The peak and valleys paint a visual picture of the sound the newborn universe made when it was still wet behind the ears, a mere 300,000 years after its birth in a big bang. |
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Middle-aged women don't usually cause overnight literary sensations, especially when they live in isolated valleys hours from the watering holes of Soho. |
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More recently, Maddy et al. suggested that aggradation and incision in river valleys can be explained by climate-induced changes in sediment and water supply. |
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The wind had been howling for three days now, a storm from the east that whistled across the high tops and dumped sudden squalls of sleeting rain in the valleys. |
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Moist woodland on the lower mountain slopes and extending down to streams that meander in the valleys contains tulip poplar, sweet gum, and umbrella tree. |
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In fact, badlands occur in a wide range of environments, and on various materials, from marine silts in valleys of the Canadian Arctic to mine-spoil heaps in New Guinea. |
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Like that of a phonograph record, the device's needle reads the bumps on the subject's surface, rising as it hits the peaks and dipping as it traces the valleys. |
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The mountain valleys are dotted with chalets in the old Tyrolean style. |
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These trees would live in myriad habitats from soggy coasts to the driest deserts, deep valleys to the shoulders of alpine peaks, backyards to the back of beyond. |
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You'll traverse a series of high valleys, ravines, and washes filled with a variety of plants, including purple barrel cactus and stands of ocotillos. |
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Government agencies, like conservation authorities, will go to the wall for valleys, areas of natural and scientific significance, forests and floodplains. |
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Even in the middle of a big urban area, the river valleys had a wildness that reminded him of home in Alabama. |
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My destination was Nyinba, a group of villages scattered across the south-facing valleys on the spur of the Takh Himal, a mountain chain bordering Tibet. |
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Some magmatic activity is concentrated along basement lineaments and other volcanism appears to be related to rifting in a similar way to that of major rift valleys. |
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These dolines are the equivalent of small valleys in a fluvial system, the waters from them uniting underground into the major stream draining the area. |
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Hikes here are more often than not gentle strolls through the exquisite valleys. However, should the high berg beckon, it comes no higher than here. |
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Over ten days of walking the group will pass through Rioja vineyards, the plains of Navarre, small, traditional villages and lush valleys dotted with red poppies. |
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West of the Severn valley and the north midland plain is the Welsh Marches, classic hill and vale country with small areas of upland separated by deeply incised valleys. |
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It forms part of two major rings of mountains, surrounding the valleys of Great Langdale and Upper Eskdale. |
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In addition to Eskdale, Bowfell has a footing in two other well known valleys. |
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From all of these valleys Bowfell presents a striking profile with a conical top resting upon a wider summit plateau. |
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Allen Crags stands adrift from the main ridge, with the valleys of Langstrath and Grains Gill falling on either side. |
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Harter Fell is a mountain in the western part of the English Lake District, located between the Eskdale and Duddon valleys. |
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They are cut through by Windermere, Coniston Water, and numerous valleys which drain into the Esk, the Duddon, and Morecambe Bay. |
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The peregrine falcon lives mostly along mountain ranges, river valleys, coastlines, and increasingly in cities. |
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Settlements built from local gritstone occupy river valleys with wooded sides. |
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It has caught out many walkers traversing the plateaux around Cross Fell, the Eden Valley fellside, and the valleys between Alston and Dufton. |
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It proceeded through a number of valleys in this country, and had orders to subdue any tribes that resisted its advance. |
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There are very few flood meadows left along the river valleys although some significant areas remain on the lower reaches of the River Derwent. |
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There are four tributary valleys that contribute to several waterfalls in this area. |
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In the winter Holme Moss frequently gets a covering of snow, while the surrounding valleys do not. |
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The drowning of river valleys along a stretch of coast and formation of rias results in an extremely irregular and indented coastline. |
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However, the definition of ria was later expanded to other flooded river valleys regardless of the structure of the country rock. |
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Some groups could easily plant their crops in open fields along river valleys, but others had forests blocking their farming land. |
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With its deep valleys and high rainfall, Dartmoor was an inevitable location. |
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Many valleys have been dug over and scarred, leaving a rich industrial archaeology. |
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Both valleys are lodestars of the californian wine industry. |
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The Santa Anas are strongest in mountainous areas but taper off in strength by the time they reach valleys, Seto said. |
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Glaciofluvial deposits form also kame terraces and often fill ancient valleys. |
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The serrations formed the hips and valleys of what looked like a series of miniature gabled roofs or rooflets. |
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Stands of ciboa darken the valleys, and massive tabbas, wide around as Big Ben, transfix the hilltops. |
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This high crowned tooth presents a complex pattern of conids, conulids, accessory tubercles and valleys. |
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It is a beautiful country of rolling hills, fertile valleys, and a thousand rivers and streams which keep the landscape green even in winter. |
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The Pennine landscape is high moorland in upland areas, indented by fertile valleys of the region's rivers. |
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Other valleys such as Little Langdale, Eskdale and Dunnerdale are served by minor roads. |
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The valleys break the mountains up into separate blocks, which have been described by various authors in different ways. |
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During the year, valleys typically experience 20 days with snow falling, a further 200 wet days, and 145 dry days. |
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The Pennines are an important water catchment area with numerous reservoirs in the head streams of the river valleys. |
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The Aire Gap links Lancashire and Yorkshire via the valleys of the Aire and Ribble. |
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The 14,000 Loyalists who went to the Saint John and Saint Croix river valleys, then part of Nova Scotia, were not welcome by the locals. |
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The major rivers flow through the wide valleys between the mountain systems. |
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The distinct types of relief include regions of high mountains, low hills, dissected plateaus, intermontane valleys, and coastal swamps. |
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The bay was formed from the drowned river valleys of the Susquehanna River and the James River. |
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Due to the nature of the uplifted beds, the Arbuckle Mountains contains a sequence of limestone ridges and shale valleys. |
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The Dales comprises river valleys and the hills, rising from the Vale of York westwards to the hilltops of the Pennine watershed. |
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The dales are 'U' and 'V' shaped valleys enlarged and shaped by glaciers, mainly in the most recent Devensian ice age. |
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Limestone has fissures and is soluble in water, therefore rivers have been able to carve deep, narrow valleys. |
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Except for the river valleys and wind gaps, the crest of the escarpment is almost continuous along its length. |
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Four river valleys cut through the South Downs, namely those of the rivers Arun, Adur, Ouse and Cuckmere, providing a contrasting landscape. |
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The river valleys form a bowl surrounding the city on the north, east and west and open to the Truro River in the south. |
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Hardwicks are dairy farms and Swinhopes the valleys where pigs were pastured. |
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Near the south coast, deep wooded valleys provide sheltered conditions for flora that like shade and a moist, mild climate. |
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Other tourist attractions include moorland, country gardens, museums, historic and prehistoric sites, and wooded valleys. |
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The valleys of the River Ribble and its tributary the Calder form a large gap to the west of the Pennines, overlooked by Pendle Hill. |
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Bridges for conveying water, called aqueducts or water bridges are constructed to convey watercourses across gaps such as valleys or ravines. |
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Huddersfield is located on the valleys of the River Colne and the River Holme the confluence of which is located south of the town centre. |
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Beyond the valleys lie the Sierra Nevada in the south and the Cascade Range in the north. |
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As part of a coastal region, it experiences a milder climate than the mountains and valleys inland. |
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It grew significantly in the 19th century, when its port became the focus of coal exports from the eastern valleys of South Wales. |
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Newport became one of the largest towns in Wales and the focus for the new industrial eastern valleys of South Wales. |
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The South Wales coalfield attracted huge numbers of people from rural areas to the valleys. |
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From 15,000 miners in 1947, Rhondda had just a single pit within the valleys producing coal in 1984, located at Maerdy. |
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No deep coal mines are left in the valleys since the closure in 2008 of Tower Colliery in the Cynon Valley. |
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Many roads stretch along valleys connecting the different settlements in the valley. |
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The summits of Snowdon and Garnedd Ugain are surrounded by cwms, rounded valleys scooped out by glaciation. |
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Cape Breton Island is composed mainly of rocky shores, rolling farmland, glacial valleys, barren headlands, mountains, woods and plateaus. |
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There are a number of other authors who published before the Second World War but who did not come from the South Wales valleys. |
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He also developed similar techniques when it came to measuring the heights of mountains, depths of the valleys, and expanse of the horizon. |
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In lowland river valleys where a river can meander, the presence of peat is explained by the infilling of historical oxbow lakes. |
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For many rivers in large valleys, this unseen component of flow may greatly exceed the visible flow. |
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The Great Lakes and the Finger Lakes were carved by ice deepening old valleys. |
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Many valleys are littered with glacial deposits from the period of glacial retreat. |
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Extraterrestrial rift valleys are also known to occur on other terrestrial planets and natural satellites. |
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A recent study suggests a complex system of ancient lunar rift valleys including Vallis Rheita and Vallis Alpes. |
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In Transbaikalia, boars are restricted to river valleys with nutpine and shrubs. |
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During the Quaternary glaciations, Brittany was covered by loess and rivers started to fill the valleys with alluvial deposits. |
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The valleys themselves were a result of a strong tectonic activity between the African and the Eurasian plate. |
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The carboniferous rocks of the Yorkshire coalfield further east have produced a rolling landscape with hills, escarpments and broad valleys. |
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From the middle of the 5th century the Germanic raiders began to settle in the eastern river valleys. |
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Ogives are alternating wave crests and valleys that appear as dark and light bands of ice on glacier surfaces. |
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Within glacial valleys, depressions created by plucking and abrasion can be filled by lakes, called paternoster lakes. |
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Typically glaciers deepen their valleys more than their smaller tributaries. |
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Therefore, when glaciers recede, the valleys of the tributary glaciers remain above the main glacier's depression and are called hanging valleys. |
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At the 1977 election, Plaid Cymru gained some ground although not to the extent that was seen in parts of the South Wales valleys in that year. |
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Carmarthenshire, the southeastern part of Dyfed, is mostly hilly, except for the river valleys and coastal strip. |
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Y Darian, as it was known, strongly supported the trade union movements among the miners and ironworkers of the valleys. |
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The larger of the two valleys, the Rhondda Fawr, extends from Porth and rises through the valley until it reaches Blaenrhondda, near Treherbert. |
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The Rhondda miners were also active in socialist activities outside the valleys. |
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As the industrialisation of the valleys began there was little shift in the use of Welsh as a first language. |
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The original road layout followed the valleys with few connections between them. |
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Williams was born in Tredegar in the industrial valleys of south Wales and grew up in Bargoed, another industrial town. |
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The richest source for steam coal was the Rhondda Valleys, and by 1856 the Taff Vale Railway had reached the heads of both valleys. |
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The northern part of the county is a mountainous area, dissected by deep narrow valleys. |
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After the meeting at Loughor, Roberts assembled a team and went on a tour of the South Wales valleys to spread the revival. |
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The Industrial Revolution in Britain was based on iron and coal, the main products of the South Wales valleys. |
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The Great Western Railway arrived and Bridgend was at the junction between the main London to Fishguard line and the branch to the three valleys. |
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Large numbers of them were transported by bus from the Rhondda and the valleys. |
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The Beeching cuts of the 1960s saw the loss of passenger rail links in the Vale of Glamorgan and to the northern valleys. |
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Wages are generally higher here than in other parts of the South Wales valleys. |
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The breed in the valleys had been improved, principally by sheep from Shropshire. |
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The lakes are small but numerous, located mainly in mountain valleys or glacial corries. |
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The landforms of Svalbard were created through repeated ice ages, when glaciers cut the former plateau into fjords, valleys and mountains. |
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The coastal regions have mild winters and warm and generally dry summers, although lowland valleys can be quite hot in summer. |
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Strong updrafts, downdrafts and eddies develop as the air flows over hills and down valleys. |
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The ridges and valleys formed when the exposed clay eroded faster than the exposed chalk, greensand, or sandstone. |
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Thus armies, with their exorbitant needs for food, ammunition and fodder, were tied to the river valleys throughout the ages. |
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First Creator created the lands to the south of the river with hills, valleys, trees, buffalo, pronghorn antelope and snakes. |
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Because of this, many coasts are heavily populated and cities ring around the valleys surrounding volcanic peaks. |
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The foothills and river valleys between the mountain ranges provide a mosaic of cropland and deciduous parklands. |
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In winter, however, when snow accumulation forces their prey into valleys, interactions between the two species become more likely. |
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In the dry valleys, the same effect occurs over a rock base, leading to a desiccated landscape. |
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Mountains and valleys form due to tectonic collisions as well as earthquakes and chasms. |
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The coastal periphery was home to some of the world's earliest known civilizations, each of them developing around fertile river valleys. |
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Divergent boundaries within continents initially produce rifts which eventually become rift valleys. |
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Just as river valleys direct streams and rivers on the continents, the bottom topography constrains the deep and bottom water masses. |
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Most of the population of Honduras, Costa Rica and Guatemala lives in valleys. |
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Activity continued for several weeks or months, with pyroclastic currents which covered valleys up to ten kilometres away with sticky tephra. |
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Cities tended to be located in valleys between mountains, or on coastal plains, and dominated a certain area around them. |
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Between the areas of chalk and limestone downland are clay valleys and vales. |
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It can be found at the high valleys of the Andean territory, in Peru and Bolivia. |
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John James Audubon, born in 1785, observed and painted birds in France and later in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. |
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The Itchen and Test are trout rivers that flow from the chalk through wooded valleys into Southampton Water. |
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In the valleys it is relatively mild, while it can be severely cold above 1,500 metres, with copious snowfalls. |
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Sheltered valleys in the Atlas Mountains, the Nile Valley and Delta, and the Mediterranean coast are the main sources of fertile farming land. |
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The Alemanni settled the Swiss plateau in the 5th century and the valleys of the Alps in the 8th century, forming Alemannia. |
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Switzerland's ecosystems can be particularly fragile, because the many delicate valleys separated by high mountains often form unique ecologies. |
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This was particularly important for the emerging industrial centers, most of which were located in the Rhineland, the Saar, and the Ruhr valleys. |
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The interior is characterised by cuestas and valleys, drained by a system of wadis. |
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In the valleys, fertile soils and high precipitation allow for the growth of thick and lush forests. |
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Sedimentary deposits in the form of silt, peat, sand and mud are mostly found in the river valleys. |
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These valleys were linked trunk lines, that is main routes, facilitating the movement of vital goods and people to get to key areas. |
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Mostly unnavigable, many originate as swift highland streams, meander in valleys, and form coastal deltas. |
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The coastal deserts produce little more than cacti, apart from hilly fog oases and river valleys that contain unique plant life. |
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Winter cloudiness prompts locals to seek for sunshine in Andean valleys located at elevations generally above 500 meters above sea level. |
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It is in this area where a few valleys can be found, such as the Valle de Guadalupe, the major wine producing area in Mexico. |
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Such valleys included the Valle de Guadalupe and the Valle de Ojos Negros, areas that produce citrus fruits and grapes. |
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This climate is observed in areas from Tijuana to San Quintin and nearby interior valleys. |
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Fenosa, the monopolistic supplier of electricity, built hydroelectric dams, flooding many Galician river valleys. |
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The mountains of the southeast and northeast are lower but there large valleys such as the Juchipila and Tlaltenango. |
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A number of lakes in the Fiordland and Otago regions also fill glacial valleys. |
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This area of Tennessee is covered by fertile valleys separated by wooded ridges, such as Bays Mountain and Clinch Mountain. |
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In the 19th century, railroads were constructed along the river valleys, followed by the New York State Thruway in the 20th century. |
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Over the next millennia, other river valleys saw monarchical empires rise to power. |
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In 369 AD, General Huan Wen of the Eastern Jin dynasty connected the shallow river valleys of the Huai and the Yellow. |
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Important valleys in the region include the Connecticut River Valley and the Merrimack Valley. |
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Some of the valleys are quite arid such as the Aosta valley in Italy, the Maurienne in France, the Valais in Switzerland, and northern Tyrol. |
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Travelling between valleys was difficult on foot or by pony because of the steep passes across the mountainous ridges. |
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Trees can often grow in river valleys at latitudes where they could not grow on a more exposed site. |
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Wainwright divided the fells into seven geographical areas, each surrounded by valleys and low passes. |
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Between Skiddaw and Longside Edge are the quiet valleys of Southerndale and Barkbethdale, separated by the spur of Buzzard Knott. |
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Entering on the western side are a series of side valleys which drain the main mass of the North Western Fells. |
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Paths lead to the summit from the village of Buttermere, from the nearby summit Dale Head and from various locations in the valleys to the north. |
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The southern flank of Pillar looks down on Mosedale, the more westerly of Wasdale's two main feeder valleys. |
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This connects Borrowdale to Wasdale, giving Gable a footing in both valleys. |
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The parallel eastern boundary is created by Thirlmere and the Vale of St John, all of these valleys ultimately joining the River Derwent. |
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Rising between the valleys of Wythburn, Easedale and Greenburn are Calf Crag, Helm Crag, Gibson Knott, Steel Fell and Tarn Crag. |
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From here the long valleys of Grisedale and Glenridding can be used to gain access deep into the fells. |
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Small cirque and valley glaciers formed in north and east facing valleys, including Grisedale and the coves on the east side of Helvellyn. |
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The boundaries of Red Screes are formed by the four streams in the adjacent valleys. |
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Both of these quiet valleys also allow car access part way along, although in the summer months an extended bus service is provided for walkers. |
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Expeditions into the group via the extreme eastern valleys result in long walks over unfrequented moorland. |
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On its east and west flanks the fell falls away steeply with rocky slopes and scree to the valleys. |
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Ballooners will fly over the heart of the Julian Alps with starts in beatiful valleys of the Alps. |
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One of the valleys, the headwater area of the river Centuria, provides suitable habitats for the critically endangered Polish scurvy-grass. |
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Beds and blankets were air lifted by chopper to Gaisbala and Bonair valleys which were cut off during the flash flood. |
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After a short stop, the train will roll through the German valleys and on to the capital of Berlin. |
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Flat-bottomed valleys covered with snowbrush wound endlessly between the peaks, which rose abruptly like icy fingers. |
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Winter distribution and abundance of mustelids and beavers in the river valleys of Bialowieza Primeval Forest. |
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I carefully study the scene of broken mountain ranges, deep valleys and emerald lakes through my viewfinder. |
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Traversing 17 counties in North Carolina, Blue Ridge Parkway runs for 2S0 miles through scenic mountains, valleys, and forests. |
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Dartmoor's topography, cut with deep valleys, helped there and in many cases it was possible to dig to a reasonable depth without the need to pump out water. |
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With its range of high grassy moorland, bogs, farmland and deep wooded valleys, Dartmoor also provides a range of habitats for a variety of birds, some quite rare. |
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The metropolitan county lies largely on the carboniferous rocks of the Yorkshire coalfield which have produced a rolling landscape with hills, escarpments and broad valleys. |
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Chesterfield is located on the confluence and valleys of the River Rother and River Hipper at the Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire Coalfield. |
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From Hartington to its confluence with the River Manifold at Ilam, the river flows through a series of scenic limestone valleys, known collectively as Dovedale. |
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