Sentences with phrase «coastal regions where»

Although coconut palms grow in most area of Bali, they particularly flourish in coastal regions where the soil has high salinity levels.

The toll of industrial accidents, according to the state statistics of China, amounted 20,000 in 1994 and the majority of these tragic cases happened in the coastal regions where foreign investments were concentrated under the socialist market economy.

However, the recent large rises in world commodity prices may revive inflationary pressure, along with the emerging wage pressure in the major coastal regions where labour shortages exist.

Not exact matches

The Northeast and coastal West are the regions where union rights are strongest.

The name itself is a heartfelt tribute to the sun - dappled, walled agricultural estates that dot the Puglia region where his heritage is rooted, and the honest coastal cuisine of the bread basket of Italy.

The new find helps shed light on the evolution of beaked whales as well as their competition: Soon after M. gregarius swam the region's seas, dolphins appeared on the scene, and their success in shallow coastal waters (where they now dominate), may have driven ziphiids to abandon foraging in surface waters.

For one thing, the study was limited to countries where surveys had already been conducted, which leaves out major coastal regions including South America and much of Africa and Asia.

In the regions that will be affected, the majority of people don't live in cities, but villages near coastal areas and low - lying river valleys where they cultivate crops and tend livestock.

Worse, climate models predict that the areas where marine preserves are most prevalent — coastal regions in the northern hemisphere — will see greater increases in temperature than the oceans as a whole, Halpin said.

The coastal region — with as many as twenty - eight thousand droppings per hectare — is where the study found significant correlations between deer and birds.

Low - lying coastal regions like Chile's are subject to advection fog, where warm ocean air crosses a band of cold water before reaching land.

«Modelling has been used to help develop forecasting systems to predict flood risk around the shallower southern regions of the North Sea, where the coastal margin is low - lying and population density is high.

Iodine Source: Seaweed, milk from cows grazed on iodine - rich coastal soil Effects of deficiency: Blindness, mental impairment, goiter Who's at risk: People living in mountainous areas (the Rockies, the Alps, and the Andes), where iodine has been washed away by glaciation and flooding, or in lowland regions far from the oceans (Central Africa and Eastern Europe) Fortification options: Salt Estimated millions of people affected: 740

As a region with a large coastline, Mr Herrington said that the big challenge for the area was to tackle underperformance in coastal towns, where factors such as low participation in higher education and high joblessness have been seen to create barriers to aspiration.

Romance finds a home in this idyllic coastal region, where ocean fog rolls in from the ocean to blanket hushed redwood forests and whales spout offshore.

Australia's most lethal predators (they're basically dinosaurs) thrive in the northern coastal regions of the country and there are plenty of excursions where you can see them in the Top End.

This coastal county was once the center of the Scandinavian Viking Age; naturally, it's now the region where you can see the most Viking history in Norway.

Romance finds a home in this idyllic coastal region, where ocean fog rolls in from the ocean to blanket hushed redwood forests, and...

Next stop on your coastal cruise is this elegant city hugging the coastal hills, where classic Spanish architecture gives the region a sun - washed European look straight out of the Riviera.

In regions of the Indian Ocean where there had been uncontrolled and unregulated coastal development, there was carnage.

There is good reason to believe that floating wind can not only emulate this, but can facilitate accelerated growth in new markets and regions where securing low - carbon electricity at low cost for energy - intensive coastal populations is a growing priority.

Fires in the West, droughts in the Southwest, melting snowpack in the Northwest, flooding and heavy rainfall in the Northeast, the much stronger coastal storms and hurricanes that we've seen in the Gulf: we've gotten to the point where we can all point to something that's happening and say: «This is what climate change is doing to our region.»

Many such events are known and have been reported for the Mediterranean, a region where high - frequency occurrences of these extreme events coincides with some of the most densely populated coastal areas in the world.

Turbines are most efficient in fast winds, note Jacobson and Masters, and could provide needed revenue to farmers and ranchers in areas where mean annual wind speeds are highest - including the Dakotas, Texas, coastal regions and large portions of the West and Northeast.

The most susceptible populations in these areas were in areas with high levels of poverty, and where large populations had clustered on marginal land such as flood plains or coastal regions in cyclone - prone areas.

From about 1999 to 2003, the outbreak was primarily confined to Canada's Vancouver Island, but during 2004 to 2009, instances of the disease spread to the mainland coast of British Columbia, and then southward to coastal Washington and Oregon — all locations with a relatively similar climate of wet, mild winters... If global warming were to blame, the disease ought to be moving northward into regions where it would have otherwise been too cold in years past.

The region most at hazard includes the coastal plains along both sides of the Gulf, the cities of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Doha, Dhahran and Bandar Abbas, the marshes where the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates drain into the sea, and the Yemeni coast of the Red Sea.

Increased frequency of droughts, heat waves, and water scarcity are all predicted for the region, where low - lying areas — including 43 port cities — could also face coastal flooding with a global temperature rise of as little as 1 degree.

Roanoke Rapids is located on the Roanoke River in the Inner Banks region of the state, along the fall line where an upland region and a coastal plain meet.

Falmouth Marine School is set in one of the most beautiful coastal regions in the UK, where you will have constant access to watersports and outdoor activities.

«We're focusing on the coastal region surrounding Playa Dominical and extending to where the mountains meet the ocean,» says Dave West.

3 Portuguese vinho verde Another of the world's great coastal regions is in Portugal, where the grapes are picked early to preserve crisp, light flavours in a barely spritzy wine that complements any seafood, fish or starter.