Sentences with phrase «lake system»

The Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley, a natural property of outstanding beauty, comprises three inter-linked relatively shallow lakes (Lake Bogoria, Lake Nakuru and Lake Elementaita) in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya and covers a total area of 32,034 hectares.

The Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley (Kenya), a natural property of outstanding beauty was the first to be added to UNESCO's World Heritage List during the current Committee session.

This is not surprising given that she spent her youth swimming in Lake St. Clair, a body of water connected with the Great Lakes System just outside of Detroit.

Gippsland is blessed with kilometres of untouched pristine coastline, wilderness regions, rivers, mountains, snowfields and the Gippsland lakes system.

Whillans is part of an expansive subglacial lake system beneath Antarctica's ice, comprising an area comparable to that of the continental United States.

East Gippsland Enjoy mild winters and glorious summers in the home of the largest lake system in Australia.

The radar waves bounced off the rock beneath the ice; returning echoes yielded this contour map of peaks and valleys as well as hundreds of miles of interconnected subglacial lake systems.

Mungo is a part of the Willandra Lakes system, where remnants of its ancient inhabitants are being uncovered by the ongoing climatic erosion.

Professor Firn, from QUT's Institute for Future Environments, worked with Dr Josie Carwardine and CSIRO's Conservation Decisions team and a research team from the University of Queensland including Dr Ramona Maggini, to identify and prioritise 23 strategies to protect endemic species in the world's largest internally draining lake system.

He found that the only fish species in the Grace Lake system are non-native, hybridized trout with no conservation value, so that isn't a concern.

«Very few long - term studies of natural saline lake systems exist,» said Nathan Senner, a postdoctoral fellow at UM.

Regardless of whether the states can keep the Mississippi and Great Lakes systems segregated, Asian carp are expected to keep spreading throughout other parts of the U.S. through river systems that connect up with the Mississippi directly or otherwise.

There's also evidence for ancient lake systems, like those at Gale Crater where NASA's Curiosity rover is currently exploring and at Jezero Crater where the next rover may land.

These cascading, active lake systems transfer water between each other, and eventually pour across the grounding line into the sea.

Criterion (vii): The Kenya Lake System presents an exceptional range of geological and biological processes of exceptional natural beauty, including falls, geysers, hot springs, open waters and marshes, forests and open grasslands concentrated in a relatively small area and set among the landscape backdrop of the Great Rift Valley.

The Kenya Lake System comprises three inter-linked relatively shallow lakes (Lake Bogoria, Lake Nakuru and Lake Elementaita).

Some of the world's greatest diversities and concentrations of bird species are recorded within these relatively small lake systems.

Criterion (ix): The Kenya Lake System illustrates ongoing ecological and biological processes which provide valuable insights into the evolution and the development of soda lake ecosystems and the related communities of plants and animals.

The Kosi Bay lake system offers crystal clear waters, mangrove swamps and marshlands inside the reserve with 250 bird species including the fish eagle and whitebacked heron.

Dine al fresco at a lakeside restaurant or pub, have a family picnic by a river, or take a stroll through the waterfront villages of Paynesville, Metung or Lakes Entrance, known widely as the seafood capital of Victoria and where the region's lakes system meets the sea.

All skill levels of mountain biking are suited for the trails, and the Snowden Forest includes five major routes of the Frog Lake System and the four main routes of Lost Lake Trail System.

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Lakes Entrance Holiday Resort is the gateway to the largest and most beautiful lake system in Australia.

Evaluating Holocene climate change in northern Norway using sediment records from two contrasting lake systems., J. Paleolimnology 48, 259 - 273; Doi: 10.1007 / s10933 -012-9604-7.

Strong evidence for the influence of solar cycles on a Late Miocene lake system revealed by biotic and abiotic proxies A. K. Kern, Palaeogeography, 03/2012, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Volumes 329 — 330, pp. 124 — 136

In the case of the largest Arctic - flowing river in North America, the Mackenzie River, separating the effects of climate change from regulation has proven difficult because of the additional dampening effects on flow produced by natural storage - release effects of major lake systems (e.g., Gibson et al., 2006; Peters et al., 2006).

Some freshwater systems exist wholly within the Arctic but many others are fed by river and lake systems further south.

Waters Edge Holiday Park is situated on 3.5 acres of land in the heart of Lakes Entrance opposite Cunningham Arm Lake which forms part of the Gippsland Lakes system.

Enjoy mild winters and glorious summers in the home of the largest lake system in Australia.

Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos said, «With increased precipitation and rapid snow melt, record water flows through major tributaries upstream and downstream of the lake, water is high throughout the Great Lakes system.

Mungo National Park, and the Willandra Lakes system is World Heritage listed.

The World Heritage Committee has inscribed the Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley (Kenya) and Australia's Ningaloo Coast on UNESCO's World Heritage List.

In the southwestern part of the country, the Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley is home to giraffes, kudu, cheetahs, lions, and black rhinos.

Approximately 350 ML of environmental water was returned to the River Murray in mid-November to promote the movement of native fish from the Lakes system to the River.

Operational risks — those related to operating engineered structures in the river and lake system — should be explicitly considered when evaluating alternatives for management, the report adds; such risks do not appear to have been systematically considered so far.

The increased solar radiation has led to a significant increase in snowpack temperature, which in turn led to a whole series of shifts in the lake system.

Ecologist Robert Holt of the University of Florida in Gainesville explains that Carpenter and his team have worked on this lake system for many years, and thus they understand it intimately.

The Kenya Lake System is composed of three alkaline lakes and their surrounding territories: Lake Bogoria, 10,700 ha; Lake Nakuru, 18,800 ha; and Lake Elementaita, 2,534 ha.

The Kenya Lake System is home to 13 globally threatened bird species and some of the highest bird diversities in the world.

Criterion (x): The Kenya Lake System is the single most important foraging site for the Lesser Flamingo in the world with about 1.5 million individuals moving from one lake to the other and provides the main nesting and breeding grounds for Great White Pelicans in the Great Rift Valley.

With the largest lake system and one of the longest beaches in the Southern Hemisphere, Gippsland offers some of Victoria's best touring adventures.

A patchwork of lake systems, the bulk of the country's remaining swamp forests, Africa's largest estuarine system, 25 000 year - old coastal dunes, 220 km of beach, coastal forest, grasslands, coral reefs and a rich underwater life combine to make the park one of the country's most popular destinations.

There are fantastic picnic spots where one can enjoy magnificent views over the lake system, over Catalina Bay, towards Charter's Creek.

Kosi Bay Nature Reserve is a coastal reserve that is based on the lake system of the area.

Their activities mostly revolve around the ocean and the lake system with snorkelling for tropical fish, canoeing and evening excursions in the summer to view the rare giant leatherback turtles as they lay and hatch their eggs (Oct to Feb).

Lookout Holiday Units situated in an elevated position with views across the lakes system to the ocean are only 5 minutes drive to Lakes Entrance town centre and offer modern, comfortable, self contained accommodation suitable for couples, families or small tour groups (max 19).

Walk through the motel complex to the North Arm where you can hire a boat to explore the Lakes System fish, or take yourself up to Wyanga Park Winery for the day

The area is surrounded by Coastal Parks and is the gateway to the Lakes National Park and Rotamah Island (bird observatory) with easy access to the Gippsland Lakes System a mecca for the bushwalker and angler (surf and lake).