Although constrained by land mass and topology, the amount of arable land, both regionally and globally, fluctuates due to human and climatic factors such as irrigation, deforestation, desertification, terracing, landfill, and urban sprawl.

Although the Carthaginians conquered much of the land around Alicante, the Romans would eventually rule Hispania Tarraconensis for over 700 years.

Although it has only 6. 14 percent of Alaska's land area, it is larger than the state of Maine, and almost as large as the state of Indiana.

Although it has been known for a while that the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara flow into each other in an example of a density flow, findings of a study by the University of Leeds in August 2010 reveal that there is in fact an underwater channel of high density water flowing across the floor of the Bosphorus ( caused by the difference in density of the two seas ), which would be the sixth largest river on Earth if it were to be on land.

Although the use of aircraft has for the most part always been used as a supplement to land or naval engagements, since their first major military use in World War I aircraft have increasingly taken on larger roles in warfare.

Although the prophets urged the people of Judah and Israel to see their exile as punishment for failing to uphold their covenant with Yahweh, it was not long after they had been restored to the land and to Temple worship that the people's commitment to their God began, once again, to wane.

Although Valdivia found little gold in Chile he could see the agricultural richness of the land.

Although Attlee's second government was less radical than the first, it oversaw the passage of a number of reforms relating to issues such as industry in development areas, the restoration of land which had been devastated by ironstone pollution, and river pollution.

Although land, as at Ludgate Circus and Lewisham, had been reserved for the second stage, the rising cost led to the project's indefinite postponement in the early 1980s.

Although forestry is not a significant economic activity in Eritrea, its forested area covers, or 13. 5 percent of the total land area.

Although other countries have points extending north, virtually all of Finland is north of 60 degrees north latitude ; nearly a quarter of the land area and fully one-third of the latitudinal extent of the country lie north of the Arctic Circle.

Although a garden typically is located on the land near a residence, it may also be located on a roof, in an atrium, on a balcony, in a windowbox, or on a patio or vivarium.

Although agile in the water, it was clumsy on land.

Although the peasants were no longer tied to the same land like serfs had been, the old paternalistic relationship in East Prussia lasted into the 20th century.

Although a garden typically is located on the land near a residence, it may also be located in a roof, in an atrium, on a balcony, in a windowbox, or on a patio or vivarium.

Although Israel withdrew from Lebanon in 2000, and their complete withdrawal was verified by the United Nations, Lebanon now considers the Shebaa farms — a 26-km² ( 10-mi² ) piece of land captured by Israel from Syria in the 1967 war and considered by the UN to be disputed territory between Syria and Israel — to be Lebanese territory.

Although foreign investors viewed Iraq with increasing interest in 2010, most are still hampered by difficulties in acquiring land for projects and by other regulatory impediments.

Although he owned much more land and slaves and speculated in property, he was rarely on-site to oversee the operations.

Although it says and or by the law of the land, this in no manner can be interpreted as if it were enough to have a positive law, made by the king, to be able to proceed legally against a citizen.

" Although Muslims, as well as Jews and Eastern Christians, had virtually no rights in the countryside, where they were essentially the property of the crusader lord who owned the land, tolerance for other faiths was in general higher than that found elsewhere in the Middle East.

Although the land is one of man-made " pleasure ", there is a natural, " sacred " river that runs past it.

Although Spain was America ’ s ally in the Revolution, they didn ’ t want the Americans to settle on their land or territory.

Although accounting for only one-third of 1 % of the territory, Latvia was responsible for 11 % of all artificially drained land in the former Soviet Union.

Although Luxembourg in tourist literature is aptly called the " Green Heart of Europe ", its pastoral land coexists with a highly industrialized and export-intensive economy.

Although one source tells us that he died at the age of 70, he was apparently still alive in 366 BCE, and he must have been nearer to 80 years old when he died at Athens, c. 365 BCE.

Although several attempted to set up to attack the Saratoga, they quickly shifted back to the nearer carrier, Enterprise.

Although it shares its name with the Docklands Light Railway station at Canary Wharf, the two are not directly integrated ( in fact, Heron Quays DLR station is nearer at street level ).

Although in the parish of Ivinghoe, the hamlet is nearer to Cheddington with its shops and churches, so that is the main village to which most residents of Horton feel most attached.

Although CCDs are much more sensitive than photographic plates, they are rarely able to cover the large field of view required to capture most nebulae and nearer galaxies.

Although most injury responses include a calcium influx signaling to promote resealing of severed parts, axonal injuries initially lead to acute axonal degeneration ( AAD ), which is rapid separation of the proximal ( the part nearer the cell body ) and distal ends within 30 minutes of injury.

Although, these birds can be quite noisy as mating season draws nearer.

Although it is called " Che Kung Temple Station ", Tai Wai Station is nearer to Che Kung Miu ( Temple ) than this station.

Although the fallschirmjägers never got any nearer the King, who was protected by the local Dovreskogen gun club, they did ambush cabinet minister Frihagen, capturing his car and a suitcase with 1, 5 million Norwegian Kroner.

Although built on a stone viaduct, the railway was nearer to the city centre and the quays on the Exeter Canal.

Although abandoned only a single day, since the colonists leaving Jamestown had not yet picked up those at the outpost at Fort Algernon nearer to the Atlantic Ocean, the latter, now located in the City of Hampton, can lay claim to the longest " continuously occupied " English settlement in what later became the state of Virginia.

Although never as large a quarry as even those nearer Porthgain itself, it did operate a steam-hauled lift.

Although the lowest salinity values are just north of the equator ( because of heavy tropical rainfall ), in general the lowest values are in the high latitudes and along coasts where large rivers enter.

Although both are slow-moving rivers, they are at different elevations.

Although the rivers sustained life, they also destroyed it by frequent floods that ravaged entire cities.

Although China's transport system comprises a vast network of transport nodes across its huge territory, the nodes tend to concentrate in the more economically developed coastal areas and inland cities along major rivers.

Although Egypt's administrative control of Kush extended only down to the fourth cataract, Egyptian sources list tributary districts reaching to the Red Sea and upstream to the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile rivers.

Although the effect of this will not be known for many years, it potentially could mean disaster for the hundreds of millions of people who rely on the glaciers to feed the rivers of northern India during the dry seasons.

Although the seashore is most commonly associated with the word beach, beaches are found by lakes and alongside large rivers, as well as by the sea or oceans.

Although rivers and canals often provide passage between two large lakes or a lake and a sea, and these seem to suit the formal definition of straits, they are not usually referred to as such.

Although its headwaters are in the Pyrenees, the Ter receives significant inflow from rivers in the middle and lower plains.

Although the 1824 act to improve the Mississippi and Ohio rivers is often called the first rivers and harbors legislation, the act passed in 1826 was the first to combine authorizations for both surveys and projects, thereby establishing a pattern that continues to the present day.

Although the Wensum is the larger of the two rivers at their confluence, it is regarded as a tributary of the River Yare.

" Although Rapp expressed concern that the town's location lacked a waterworks, the area provided an opportunity for expansion and access to markets through the nearby rivers, causing him to remark, " In short, the place has all the advantages which one could wish, if a steam engine meanwhile supplies what is lacking.

Although the surface is mountainous and ledgy, farmers found good soil for cultivation in the intervales along the rivers.

Although mining in the Illinois Valley started in the rivers, gold was soon discovered in gravel beds high up the slopes above the rivers.

Although the La Paz Agreement signed by Mexico and the United States in 1983 requires hazardous waste created by United States ’ corporations to be transported back to the U. S. for disposal, some companies avoid paying disposal costs by dumping toxins and other waste into Mexico ’ s rivers or deserts.

Although a similar social organization and settlement pattern to the Beaker were adopted, the Corded Ware group lacked the new refinements made possible through trade and communication by sea and rivers.

Although the province's soils are in general too barren for cultivation, there is arable farming in the areas adjoining the rivers – the Ångerman River in particular.

Although the phrase " rivers of blood " does not appear in the speech, it does include the line, " As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding ; like the Roman, I seem to see ' the River Tiber foaming with much blood.

Although they frequently live in dryland forests, tapirs with access to rivers spend a good deal of time in and under the water, feeding on soft vegetation, taking refuge from predators, and cooling off during hot periods.

Although scholars are not certain of their origins and intended use, some sources believe that the Kru saw these objects as living entities typically found in small bodies of water such as rivers and creeks.

Although some members of the species do spend portions of their lives outside of river systems, many individuals live their entire lives within rivers, never venturing into the ocean proper.

Although the great Siberian rivers slowly traversed this zone in reaching the Arctic Ocean, drainage of the numerous lakes, ponds, and swamps was hampered by partial and intermittent thawing.