Sentences with phrase «estuarine areas»

In the 111th Congress she sponsored and passed a bills to protect sensitive coastal and estuarine areas and to establish a national integrated ocean and coastal observing system.

This usually occurs in coastal and estuarine areas due to reducing land - based influence (e.g., either from reduced runoff and associated groundwater recharge, or from excessive water withdrawals from aquifers) or increasing marine influence (e.g., relative sea - level rise).

Dickson Inlet is a fantastic asset to Port Douglas and the mangrove flora we see is characteristic of estuarine areas in Far North Queensland.

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The estuarine delta of the Sundarbans is a harsh area prone to natural disasters, such as the cyclone in 1970 which killed 300,000 people.

Tijuana Sloughs and Border Park are the large and largely impassible marsh areas south of Imperial Beach Blvd.. The estuarine lagoons and river mouths here comprise a National Wildlife Refuge of special interest to bird - watching enthusiasts, and the parks service offers guided nature hikes and visitor information.

The South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve (South Slough NERR) is a 5,000 acre natural area located in the Coos estuary on the south coast of Oregon.The South Slough contains upland forests, freshwater wetlands and ponds, salt marshes, mud...

The country's now third - largest protected area in St Lucia includes Lake St Lucia and spans 280 km of coastline, a natural ensemble of lakes, swamp forest, ancient coastal dunes, and an estuarine system, with World Heritage status.

Enjoy one of the many educational events for the whole family at South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a 5,000 acre natural area located south of Charleston, Oregon.

This area is world - renowned for deep sea as well as estuarine, rock and surf, fly, bait and art lure fishing.

Environmental law is a type of law area which covers the many aspects and problems encircling environmental surroundings such as drinking water as well as quality of air, dangerous waste materials, varieties safety, farming, estuarine habitat, biodiversity, waste materials administration.