Sentences with phrase «carved out of forest»

Ahead is a small runway carved out of the forest, between a Pacific coast beach and a steep, jungly cliff.

For example, nearly all the world's palm oil today is used for vegetable oil from plantations previously carved out of forest.

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Jump has been carved out of heavy Sierra evergreen forest at the 6,000 - foot level in the valley

This is Gomantong — an ancient cave carved out of 20 million - year - old limestone in the middle of the Borneo rain forest in Malaysia.

This is especially true among the early European settlers in this region, who were struggling to carve a living out of the dense pacific rain forest.

There are a number a ancient sights to see in the area including temples and palaces as well as areas of extreme natural beauty showcasing the classic Balinese and Indonesian landscapes of rice paddies that stretch over the lowlands where you will also find coconut groves and carve out the hills leading up to mountains and volcanoes which are covered in tropical forests, lakes and rivers.

The boxes are lit from the inside, so one can see in each skirt's carved outline a forest of trees denuded by winter, concocted from branches wrapped in copper wire; or a similar woodland at night, pocked with stars and suffused with indigo light; or a sailboat with white sails spilling out.

More than 80 % of new farmland in the tropics cultivated over the last two decades of the 20th century was carved out of tropical forests, according to new research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of

The course has a challenging front nine that is skillfully carved out of wetlands and forest.

It is built entirely out of wood from the 160 - acre surrounding forest, which has been carved and twisted to create beautiful features such as two handmade spiral staircases and a variety of rustic furniture.