Sentences with phrase «tall trees near»

Her surname, Goolagong, means «tall trees near still water» in the aboriginal language, and she was as graceful and placid as her name.

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Next to a field of walnut trees near the university, a row of tall shrubs planted by the researchers stretches for several hundred yards: western redbud, coffeeberry, gum plant, sage, coyote brush.

There are, in fact, only a few people whom she likes: Bashir, who sells well water from the back of his donkey but fills her tin cup for free; Qamar, the tall, plump, fragrant divorcee who wraps her up in fat arms and pets and kisses her in the market; and the blind ma'alim, Eid, who teaches the market boys and girls Kitab under a willow tree near the museum.

He was near the edge of the Forest now, the tall trees had begun to thin out, and as the track began to dip down to the valley floor, Silas could see the whole Castle spread before him.

What they found was flames reaching four feet tall and nearing the curtains which were next to the Christmas tree.

The world's largest tallest living tree at 367.5 feet tall, resides in the Redwood Forest near Big Sur.

A four - story - tall Douglas fir tree is a traditional part of Santa Barbara's holiday celebration, mounted near the Arlington Theatre and covered in lights.

A 28 - foot - tall, 12 - ton copper and steel sculpture by the Chinese artist Zhang Huan has stood near a grove of maple trees at the Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, N.Y., since 2010.

It's a complex process, but the near - term net effect of more tall bushes and trees in the tundra does seem to be more local warming.

High - density, lush and diverse coral «gardens» thrive off the central and western Aleutian Islands, while «forests» of red tree corals that grow to up to 10 feet tall are found off southeast Alaska near Sitka.

Only as the truck neared the base of a 95 - meter - tall wind turbine did the silvery - white blades become visible among the trees.

Tick habitats are in and near tall grass, shrubs, and trees.

Each year, more than 85,000 visitors step into the fantasy at the Enchanted Forest near Revelstoke, B.C.. On 38 acres of woodland, there are 350 handmade folk art figurines, B.C.'s tallest tree house rising 49 feet from the forest floor, a giant tree stump house and other surprises.