Sentences with phrase «islands of varying»

Some say there are 450 islands of varying size; others insist the number is closer to 600.

Not exact matches

While the wording of the telegrams varied, in substance they all said the same thing: «For several weeks now, we have seen American citizens stranded on some Pacific island.

Famously, he saw that the singular animals of the Galapagos Islands were all close relatives of animals from the mainland of Ecuador, and they varied from island to island.

Sicily is an island woven from a fusion of cultures that has resulted in a rich and varied genetic legacy.

Here is a typical Bahamian fried chicken recipe that varies only slightly from island to island, and there are hundreds of islands.

Cephalonia is the largest of the islands in the Ionian Sea and «has a rich, varied cuisine.»

The types of peppers grown in the Mascarenes vary from island to island and from farm to farm, but there is significant commercial cultivation.

The traveler moving fast, bent on pleasing the eye, may miss entirely the fact that in their varied settings these islands offer a bounty of sport, a variety of things to do as well as see.

He found that finches (which are a species of bird) varied in different ways depending on what Island they lived on.

His duties in that job were varied, including coordinating he town's affordable housing program, particularly the development of the The Cottages at Mattituck, a 22 - unit project built by the Long Island Housing Partnership.

The National Wilderness Preservation System has 680 chunks of such terrain, varying in size from a six - acre island in Florida to a nine - million - acre park in Alaska.

The low - lying island nation offers the scientists a unique opportunity to reconstruct climate conditions during previous periods of varying sea levels to help scientists better understand how future climate change will the effect the 1,000 km - long archipelago and low - lying coastal areas all around the world.

So we're talking about like islands of Vancouver or all of the archipelagos from varying to Baja, California but also all the Gulf of Mexico and in the case of Mexico part of the Caribbean coast but also of all of the waters in Atlantic from Canada and the U.S. and what we are trying to understand is what are the species that we are responsible for conservation?

Birds can live on any of them, but their populations vary from island to island.

The research found that sand fleas from the remote British Overseas Territory of Ascension Island change their colour to match the beaches they wash up on, which vary widely in colour and brightness from black to light yellow.

But songbirds aren't the only reason birds are so varied and interesting: Bursts of new species appeared among island birds, waterfowl, woodpeckers, hummingbirds, and gulls, among others, at various times during avian evolution, researchers report online today in Nature.

Chernobyl was directly responsible for at least 56 deaths and as many as 4,000 more, according to the World Health Organization, though other estimates vary, and spread radioactive material as far as the U.K. Three Mile Island has never been conclusively linked to any deaths or health effects, though some individuals may have received radiation doses of as high as 100 millirems.

As the penumbra slides under the bottom of the Earth, the partial eclipse is visible in varying extent across the icy land continent and just as it begins to slide back out into space it (just barely) manages to pass over Tasmania as well as portions of New Zealand's South Island.

«The intensity of the spectral shift varied a lot across the island,» Chambers said.

From high mountains grasslands and rivers to its marine area, Andros, the northernmost island of the Cyclades, is home to a rich and varied biodiversity — but much of its flora and fauna is threatened, especially the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus), one of the world's most endangered marine mammals.

Therefore, the aims of my PhD were to 1) determine thermal tolerance ranges of early development and survival of coral larvae 2) assess the extent to which this tolerance varies across space, specifically I aimed to test whether high latitude species have a broader tolerance and 3) test whether difference between adult coral assemblages across a hypothesized dispersal barrier (Great Barrier Reef to Lord Howe Island) can be predicted by life history traits related to the dispersive larval stages (e.g., mode of larval development, mode of larval nutrition), adult ecology, and / or environmental parameters.

Meet thousands of fun, attractive, Cayman Islands men and Cayman Islands women f. Flight service to Grand Cayman may vary based on departure date and origin city.

The island where Tempest takes place is as magical as the play itself, and Taymor underscores the dramatic and varied beauty of the Hawaii locations.

Exchanging the old progression system linked to Gym Leaders in favor of the far more interesting and varied Island Trials, adding Totem Pokémon, making Wild Pokémon battles less predictable, filling the world with detail and secrets to discover, and giving story and characters an expanded role are the key features that make Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon so refreshing that they may even be enjoyed by those who didn't like previous Pokémon games.

It is immediately apparent that the relative size of the private, non-profit sector varies enormously across states, from a high of more than 60 percent in Massachusetts and Rhode Island to less than 5 percent in Alaska, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Wyoming.

Descriptions of the size of this fantastic island vary from fifty inches to one mile to fifty - eight miles.

Report from IES The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has published a report titled «Parent Involvement Strategies in Urban Middle and High Schools in the Northeast and Islands Region,» which describes the varied policies, practices, and programs implemented by nine urban school districts across the Northeast to engage parents in their adolescent children's education.

While the spectrum of participants is varied enough to offer something for every classic motorhead, the serious contenders for the top spot are often the same players you'll find competing at Villa d'Este, Pebble Beach, and Amelia Island — there are only so many places for these one percent of one percent cars to end up.

Pietro Bartolo runs the sole medical clinic in his homeland of Lampedusa, a tiny Italian island 70 miles off the coast of Tunisia that has become the gateway — and graveyard — for an unending stream of refugees trying to escape the varied horrors confronting them in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

I think the island setting was ideal for this story as it is automatically a close community and yet varied and tolerant of each other's foibles and personalities.

Through the differences between James and Terence, or Caesar's experience of Virginia and Randall Island, or Cora's journey, it shows the way its conventions varied from state to state, or from master to master, and therefore the ultimate cruelty of traumatic disorientation, never knowing what to expect, as slaves were sold from one plantation to another, since there were no restraints on just how viciously an owner might punish or even torture a slave for how slight a transgression.What might be acceptable in one place isn't in another.

«An Evening with Dean Haspiel», held at the Cinema Arts Center, in Huntington Long Island on October 4th, was as much a tour of the last twenty years of comics history as a look at Haspiel's long and varied career thus far.

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Most valuable was the tissue sample from a 15 - year old Stage - 3 retina with distinct regions of varying disease severity (Fig. 4B): Small islands of relatively normal appearing retina (Fig. 4B1) were surrounded by large areas of advanced retinal degeneration with loss of both rod and cone photoreceptors (Fig. 4B2).

Whilst we've taken great care to ensure the information on this page is correct, as the frequency and duration of crossings on all routes can vary from time to time we'd advise that you get a live quote for current availability on this New Zealand Stewart Island crossing between Bluff and Oban (Stewart Island).

An amazing park close to Victoria on southern Vancouver Island, Gowlland Tod Provincial Park has more than 25 kilometres of trails, varying in degree of difficulty.

Its attractions are many and varied, from the thrusting peaks of the Pitons to the panoramic remains of Fort Rodney in Pigeon Island.

There are as many as 25 dive sites on the Gili Islands with varying topography and diverse marine life which includes reef sharks, turtles lionfish, cuttlefish, sea snakes, scorpion fish, octopus, moray eels, and many types of rays, among others.It is possible to dive in Gili Islands throughout the year, and the best time is between the month of May — October, during the dry season.

When it comes to Caribbean islands, it's no secret that they offer some of the most gorgeous and varied holiday destinations in the world, whether you're letting your hair down in a bustling commercial hub or venturing further afield in search of deserted beaches.

The varied and tumultuous past of this small African island lives and breathes in the chipped paint and battered facades of many of the building — a story of grandeur, past riches and of faded glory.

Round the Island, you will find plenty of water activities that varies from windsurfing, fly fish, diving, parasailing and paddle boarding.

These art works, varying from painting and drawing to poetry and story, respond directly to the Island's deep history, exploring the military era, prison era, the Native American Occupation, as well as the gardens and birds of Alcatraz.

When visiting world heritage listed Fraser Island, your choices of accommodation are varied.

Departure times vary daily as a result of tide times to access Double Island Point along Teewah beach.

The big island of Hawaii is a great destination, combining highly varied climates and topography in an easy day's drive.

As the frequency and duration of crossings on some routes varies we would advise that you do a live search for crossings from Gili Islands to Lombok to get the most up to date information.

Whilst we've taken great care to ensure the information on this page is correct, as the frequency and duration of crossings on all routes can vary from time to time we'd advise that you get a live quote for current availability on this Swindle Island Vancouver Island crossing between Klemtu and Port Hardy.

The famed «Island of the Gods» offers gorgeous geography, a varied landscape of hills and mountains, rugged coastlines and lovely beaches, lush rice terraces and barren volcanic hillsides.

We estimate that the effective population size of foxes on the islands varies from approximately 150 to 1,000 individuals.

To that effect, Private Villa Rentals are offering exclusive villa travel deals through the varied, extravagant and glorious regions of the island - Terre Basses, Porto Cupecoy, Orient Bay, Anse Margot, Grand Case and Baie Longue.