Sentences with phrase «live along river banks»

Slum dwellers in developing countries tend to be most vulnerable to climate change because they live along river banks, on slopes prone to landslides, near polluted grounds, on desertified land, in unstable structures, and along coastal waterfronts.

The most affected populations are the urban poor — i.e. slum dwellers in developing countries — who tend to live along river banks, on hillsides and slopes prone to landslides, near polluted grounds, on decertified land, in unstable structures vulnerable to earthquakes, and along waterfronts in coastal areas.

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Lisa and I went for a walk along the river we live on and watched as this fog bank hovered over the river in the distance (taken with iPhone).

These rivers have been emptied in part because the people who live beside them continue to drill water wells along their banks.

Villagers along the muddy banks of the Curanja River in the remote Peruvian Amazon are reporting frequent sightings and even raids by a mysterious, isolated tribe that lives deep in the rainforest.

Until recently, archaeologists believed that agriculture arose among people living along the banks of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates when, about 10 000 years ago, they suddenly learnt to sow and harvest cereal crops such as wheat and barley.

The origins of the city lie in the 12th century, when fishermen living along the banks of the River Amstel built

As a river twists and turns along its banks, these two young girls named after Scottish rivers, Annan and Cree, have met the twists and turns of life making their way to the Col. Potter family.

During your stay in Narrandera, ask at reception about a pleasant stroll through the local koala sanctuary and koala, kangaroo and wild life spotting along the banks of the Murrumbidgee River and Lake Talbot.

In addition to examining the landscapes and cityscapes along the Potomac River, Gosling also captures the faces of the people who lived along its banks during various points in the country's history.

He lived and painted for a time at his daughter's home in the Rhineland, delighted with the river and the romantic towns crowning the escarpments along its banks.

Aquatic life is teaming and vegetation along the river banks and flood plain is thriving.

This fourth largest city in Kentucky attracts people from around the country to live and work in the scenic landscape along the southern banks of the Ohio River.

When we develop these circuits we tend to live with equilibrium, moving through life as if travelling along a river with a sense of ease and balance that is flanked on either side by the banks of rigidity or of chaos.