Sentences with phrase «lying coastal land»

It has been happening at a snail's pace so far, but as it speeds up more and more low - lying coastal land will be lost.

On another approach is British artist Tony Plant, a sand - painter and photographer who borrows his canvas from nature by using the wet sand of low - lying coastal lands of England as his working surface.

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Low - lying coastal regions like Chile's are subject to advection fog, where warm ocean air crosses a band of cold water before reaching land.

Tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal, however, have devastating consequences when they hit land due to a combination of factors such as a low - lying and flat coastal terrain, a shallow ocean floor, and a high population density of surrounding countries.

On the landing vehicles transporting them to the coastal battlefront, we are given an incisive insight into the lie we have been sold by war movies of the past.

Along the Amalfi coast — just south of Naples and a short 50 minute flight from Rome — lies a gorgeous stretch of coastal land just waiting to be explored!

Coastal states with large areas of low - lying land, including Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina, California, and South Carolina, are particularly vulnerable to rising seas and coastal storm surges.

Climate variability and change could result in low - lying lands being inundated, with resultant impacts on coastal settlements (high confidence).

Specific populations, such as those less economically developed or in lower - lying regions will be at a very high risk of impact and hundreds of millions of people will potentially be adversely affected by events like coastal flooding, saltwater infiltration into agricultural lands, and sea level rise.

Lay of the Land: Guinea Bissau, located on the west coast of Africa and bordered by Senegal and Guinea, is a small, low - lying tropical country with coastal mangrove swamps and inland savanna.

The report singles out coastal areas, including low - lying island nations, as hot spots of elevated risk that may not be completely manageable due to the steady climb in global sea levels projected to take place during the rest of this century, as the planet warms and land - based ice sheets melt.