Sentences with phrase «arid southern»

[quote] «Ron Green, a research scientist with the Southwest Research Institute, had previously estimated that fracking in the arid southern Eagle Ford Shale could amount to as much as one - third of the annual aquifer recharge».

From cool, misty redwood rainforests of the north to hot, arid southern deserts; from rugged snow - capped mountains to the sparkling sand of sun - kissed beaches, the Golden State has many enchanting treasures to be discovered.

When looking for accommodations on Kaua`i, you can choose from three main areas of the island: the more populated eastern shore; the lush, tropical North Shore; and the arid southern shore.

I've lived my entire 60 years in Idaho, first in the more arid southern part of the state, then in verdant Northern Idaho where we live now on our Almost Heaven Ranch.

The squirrel tree frog, or Hyla squirella, lives in coastal forests from North Carolina to Texas and works hard to conserve what meager supplies of water it can scrounge during the arid southern autumn.

The state's normal strategy for water management calls for keeping the reservoirs low in winter, to provide protection against floods, and keeping them as high as possible in summer, to ensure an adequate supply for the giant farming operations in the Central Valley (one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world) and for arid southern California.

And as an epilogue to this unforgettable adventure, you can opt to fly over Peru's arid southern coast to view the stunning Nazca Lines from the vantage point of the gods.

Not exact matches

But the southern Negev is the most arid place where both species are known to occur.

They are endemic to New World arid lands except for one species, Rhipsalis baccifera, which is also found in southern Africa, Madagascar and Sri Lanka.

The combination of arid land, temperature and sunlight makes places such as California and southern Italy a paradise for growing wine grapes — at least for now.

Among the errors in the book are the following: the wild progenitor of wheat, emmer, did not grow «only in the upper Jordan Valley around Jericho» — it grew in the hills of the Mediterranean zone (Galilee, Lebanon, southern Anatolia) and was brought into the arid Jordan valley by Neolithic farmers who learned to grow it under irrigation.

As the region became more arid, various native tribes such as Shoshone, Southern Paiute and Mojave moved in.

In southern Africa the rains are drawing in which transforms the arid landscapes of Namibia while nearby at Victoria Falls visibility is at its best after the dry season.

The southern part, Bukit peninsula is the most arid area of the island, but boasts the most beautiful hidden beaches and waves for brave surfers.

The terrain varies dramatically, stretching downward from the green and lush northern parts to the southern arid desert.

The first version of this installation was set in the most arid desert of Atacama (Chile) and echoed the configuration of the stars as seen in the skies of the Southern Hemisphere on the night of Boltanski's birth: September 6, 1944.

Bühler's art is strongly influenced by his love of nature: the frequent travels to the Sonoran desert of the Western United States, the arid cactus flats of Baja California Sur, Mexico, and the lively and colorful markets of Southern Mexico.

* Existing fertile agricultural production zones, like California - Florida and Southern Europe, turning arid permanently * Coastal zones around the world, where most of our cities and expensive infrastructure are located, being flooded (or expensively protected or relocated) by a metre or more of sea level rise.

Our climate ranges from semi-arid in the north, arid in the central and southern regions, to Mediterranean along the Southern Californisouthern regions, to Mediterranean along the Southern CaliforniSouthern California coast.

Many semi-arid and arid areas (e.g., the Mediterranean Basin, western USA, southern Africa and northeastern Brazil) are particularly exposed to the impacts of climate change and are projected to suffer a decrease of water resources due to climate change (high confidence).

So, go all around the globe, northern and southern hemisphere, and erase 2 - 4 degrees latitude of agriculturally productive regions per degree C of warming, where they are poleward of any arid regions centered around 30 degrees north or south.

During the last century, mean precipitation in all four seasons of the year has tended to decrease in all the main arid and semi-arid regions of the world, e.g., northern Chile and the Brazilian North - East, West Africa and Ethiopia, the drier parts of Southern Africa and Western China (Folland et al., 2001).

Subtropical highs intensified over the ocean waters of the Southern Hemisphere and probably insulated the arid climate of Western Australia.