Sentences with phrase «vast areas once»

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Neanderthals were once the closest living relatives of modern humans, dwelling across a vast area ranging from Europe to the Middle East to western Asia.

This fascinating, eco-friendly experience enables you to explore the 110 - YEAR - OLD KOHALA DITCH, AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM of hand - wrought tunnels, elevated flumes and concrete channels that once watered the vast sugarcane fields in the area.

I was also surprised by how well the system coped with the vast amount of monsters storming into the area at once.

With oil palm plantations covering vast areas of once - rainforest of Southeast Asia — primarily Indonesia and Malaysia — and encroaching into other tropical countries around the world, many now see palm oil as a scourge rather than a savior.

They claim that trees are replacing once open grassland over vast areas and that these «invasive woody weeds» are the real -LSB-...]