Sentences with phrase «desert areas around»

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Bonton is one of dozens of areas around Dallas classified by the FDA as «food deserts.»

We know from evidence gathered all over the productive lands around the fast Arabian desert (long ago the historian J. H. Breasted designated this area as the Fertile Crescent) of a widespread eruption of desert peoples, Semitic nomads, into the more sedentary areas.

Mike served around the world: the DMZ in Korea, defending the German border in the Cold War, commanding an infantry company in Desert Storm with the 1st Armored Division, serving as a European foreign area officer, earning two masters degrees from Indiana University, teaching at West Point and the Command and General Staff College, leading logistics units in Hawaii, and commanding two training battalions after the attacks of 9/11.

While the tsunami - ravaged Tohoku region plans its recovery, contaminated areas around the Fukushima Daiichi power plant are a no - man's land that may remain deserted for decades.

Okin is now studying how winds scour nutrients from grassy areas and deposit them around shrubs, gradually killing off the grass and changing the desert from grassland to shrubland.

On Wednesday, May 16, I spent several hours on a hot bus in a neon desert called Las Vegas with a merry band of British conspiracists during their journey around the Southwest in search of UFOs, aliens, Area 51 and government cover - ups, all for a BBC documentary.

To prove his point, Hillenius did an experiment on five types of mammal — rats, squirrels, ferrets, rabbits, and opossums — that are native to the area around Oregon State University, where he was earning his Ph.D. (Western Oregon, he notes, is about as far from desert conditions as a mammal can get.)

-- From the aerial photo of the Atacama Desert, the areas around the Array Operations Site (AOS) look rather flat but actually there are height differences.

Melons are typically found in desert climates, acting as organic water vessels for the oft - parched areas and, as such, are some of the most water - dense produce around.

Scott Nimmo enjoys romping around the desert and dunes, and living in the Phoenix area gives him ample opportunity to do so.

Supercharged Bowtie Vehicle: 2009 Chevy Suburban Z71 Owner: Robert Carrillo Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Chassis: Stock Engine: 5.3 L V - 8, Vortech Twin - Screw Supercharger, K&N air filter, Magnaflow Exhaust with 4 - inch black exhaust tip Drivetrain: 4L80E, NQF T - case, IFS front differential, 10 - Bolt rear Suspension: 6 - inch Fabtech lift with Dirt Logic coilovers Steering: Stock Brakes: Stock Tires / Wheels: 35x12.5 R20 Toyo Open Country Mud Terrains on 20 - inch BMF SOTA wheels Interior: DVD and Navigation system, black leather interior Favorite Off - Road Area: Deserts around Las Vegas and Mt. Potosi Canyon

Subtle Sub Vehicle: 1989 Chevy Suburban 2500 Owner: Scott and Julie Paine Location: Phoenix, Arizona Chassis: Stock frame Engine: TBI 350ci V - 8 with cold - air intake kit Drivetrain: TH400 transmission, NP208 T - case, 10 - Bolt front axle, 14 - Bolt rear axle Suspension: 4 - inch Rough Country lift springs at all four corners, sway bar drop brackets, Rough Country shocks Steering: Raised steering arm Brakes: Factory front disc, rear drum Tires / Wheels: 35x12.50 R16 Interco M - 16s on Mickey Thompson Classic II wheels Interior: Custom - covered dash matches paint Favorite off - road area: Desert trails around Black Canyon City, Arizona

The desert covers an area of around 100,000 square miles.

If you live in desert - like areas, you are likely aware of the risk of rattlesnakes around your home and the places you spend time outdoors.

By taking part in this adventure through Sun Buggy — which does ATV tours and rents out dune buggies — you will be reinforcing what most people think the desert - rat locals do anyway: chase around the area's sand dunes, dry creek beds and trails on four - wheelers.

From here you can also rent a scooter and take trips to around the surrounding area, the famous Bangko Bangko / Desert Point.

However, the area around here is pretty deserted, as there are no shops or toilets in close proximity.

Tours around the local area can be arranged with the help of the hotel desk and might include desert trips and trips under the waves of the Red Sea - to explore those amazing coral reefs - at the hotel's Scuba club.

You can blast through deserts, wilderness areas and even roll onto city sidewalks while you compete against some of the best drivers around.

The setting is the Pacific Northwest, specifically the High Desert - an area of land in and around Oregon that sits at 4,000 ft and higher.

The surrounding area of San Andreas in the desert where Trevor's story starts is a much more enjoyable place to be part of and just tootle around in.

Selected Exhibitions 2009 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, For Real, group exhibit 2008 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, What Remains: The American Landscape Portfolio Edition, solo exhibit Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, Trees of Life, 30th Anniversary Show, group exhibit 2007 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, What Remains: The American Landscape, solo exhibit 2006 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, 28th Anniversary Exhibition, group exhibit 2005 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, Into the Minds of Nine, group exhibit Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, La vie quotidienne: Scenes from Paris to Provence, solo exhibit Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 22nd Annual Portrait Show 2004 Land Trust of Virginia, Middleburg, VA, Vanishing Landscapes 2004, group exhibit Parker Gallery, Washington, DC, Beyond Brittany: 1977 - 1979, group exhibit Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 21st Annual Portrait Show Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, Zenith Style: Art & Craft for Home & Office, group exhibit Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land, group exhibit 2003 Bermuda National Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda, Inside & Out, House & Home, group exhibit Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, Near and Far: Recent Landscape Paintings, solo exhibit Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 20th Annual Portrait Show 2002 Land Trust of Virginia, Middleburg, VA, Vanishing Landscapes Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, The Dog Days of Summer Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, New Artists... New Space, Summer Show 2002 2002 Hilligoss Galleries, Chicago, IL, Oil Painters of America, Eleventh Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 19th Annual Portrait Show 2001 National Park Academy of the Arts, Jackson Hole, WY, Arts for the Parks Top 100 Tour Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association, Alexandria, VA, Contemporary Realism: A Survey of Washington Area Artists Zantman Art Galleries, Palm Desert, CA, Oil Painters of America, Tenth Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 18th Annual Portrait Show 2000 National Park Academy of the Arts, Jackson Hole, WY, Arts for the Parks Top 100 Tour Rock Creek Gallery, Washington, DC, Studio 310 Reunion Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 17th Annual Portrait Show Spectrum Gallery, Washington, DC, Spectrum Plus Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, Zenith Gallery at 22 1999 National Park Academy of the Arts, Jackson Hole, WY, Arts for the Parks Top 100 Tour, recipient of the Steven L. Aschenbrenner Collector's Award Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, New Works for the Millenium Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 16th Annual Portrait Show Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape 1998 Byrne Gallery, Middleburg, VA, Lightmotifs, solo exhibit Mystic Maritime Gallery, Mystic, CT, 19th Annual International Marine Art Exhibition Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 15th Annual Portrait Show Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape 1997 Arts Club of Washington, Washington DC, Luminous Journeys, solo exhibit Ballantyne & Douglass Fine Art Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR, featured artist The Artists» Museum, Washington, DC Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 14th Annual Portrait Show Morgan Peyton Fine Arts, Charleston, WVA, Journeys through the Virginias, solo exhibit Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit Howard / Mandville Gallery, Edmonds, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape 1996 Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Pleasures of the Garden Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 13th Annual Portrait Show Howard / Mandville Gallery, Edmonds, WA, 2nd Annual Paintings of the American Landscape Gallery 4, Alexandria, VA, Landscapes Cudahy Gallery, Richmond, VA, 15th Anniversary Celebration Charles County Community College, La Plata, MD, Landscapes, solo exhibit 1995 Cudahy Gallery, Richmond, VA, Landscapes 1994 Hollis Taggart Gallery, Washington, DC, Portraits Montgomery County College, Rockville, MD, George Washington Faculty Exhibit DeMatteis Gallery, Annapolis MD, The Figure Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, Portraiture, co-curator 1993 Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit 1992 Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit 1991 Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit 1989 Plum Gallery, Kensington, MD, Capital Image 1989 Cudahy Gallery, Richmond, VA, National Portrait Exhibit Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit 1988 Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, Images of Georgetown, A Bicentennial Celebration 1986 Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, Alumni Juried Exhibition 1985 Gallery 4, Alexandria, VA, Washington Landscapes Plum Gallery, Kensington, MD, The Capitol Image Today 1985 The Times Journal Co., Springfield, VA, In and Around Washington 1984 St. Petersburg Historical Society, St. Petersburg, FL 1984 Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, Alumni Juried Exhibition Strathmore Hall, Rockville, MD, Metro Art Fairfax County Council of the Arts, Fairfax, VA, juried exhibit curated by Michael Botwinick, director, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC World Bank Art Society, Washington, DC 1983 Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA, Areawide Painting Exhibition, juried by Frederick Brandt, curator, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA American Artists Professional League, New York, NY, Juried Grand National Exhibition Twentieth Century Gallery, Williamsburg, VA

In southern Africa, scientists expect a migration of species toward cooler and moister areas.13 If we do nothing to reduce our emissions, 12 Etosha faces a net loss of around eight species of mammals by 2050.13 Unless we take meaningful action today, climate change could render Etosha and other national parks in dry or desert regions unable to fulfill their mandate: to protect mammalian biodiversity.13

Well drained and rocky substrate there creates a glade ecosystem where sloping ground can encourage the growth of prickly pear cacti and other desert and prairie species such as the collared lizard, Crotaphytus that last covered the whole area around 7,000 years ago in the Hypsithermal Interval, during the Holocene Period, when warming dried out much of the glacial Northern Hemisphere.

In the winter, this area attracts tens of thousands of snowbirds, many of whom park their recreational trailers along dirt roads in the desert and tool around in all - terrain vehicles.

Just hang around this area — specifically where the desert and jungle connect — until this odd winged beast arrives.