Because by 1900 much of the prime low-lying alluvial land along rivers had been homesteaded, an update called the Enlarged Homestead Act was passed in 1909.

Because of its location on the boundary between the Appalachian Highland and the Gulf Coastal Plain, the geography of the area around Tuscaloosa is diverse, varying from heavily forested hills to the northeast to a low-lying, marshy plain to the southwest.

Because water drained so slowly out of the most low-lying areas, some homeowners couldn't visit their damaged property until May.

Because of the low-lying nature of the peninsula, which this part of Florida lies, this lake and the area around it certainly would have been flooded and obliterated along with many of the other lakes and bogs described in their and other publications.

Because of the large bluffs, over-the-air television signals had problems reaching homes in the low-lying areas, so a cable system was developed in the mid-1950s, which was considerably earlier than many other municipalities.

Because the area through which it ran is low-lying, and had been the subject of drainage schemes since 1626, the railway had several bridges over rivers and drains.

Because the area was low-lying and swampy, it was known as the One Mile Swamp.

Because the buses would not stop on the parkway, land for bus stations and for parking areas nearby will be needed.

2: 8 Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you, because of men ’ s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it.

Because very few wells and springs have water throughout the year, the herders leave with the end of the rains, turning over the land to the antelopes, gazelles, and ostriches that can survive with little groundwater.

Because the 16th Earl held land from the Crown by knight service, after his father's death on 3 August 1562, Oxford became a royal ward of the 29-year-old Queen, and was placed in the household of Sir William Cecil, her Secretary of State and chief advisor.

Because the rugged terrain has made the land difficult to traverse and equally difficult to cultivate, this area has not been highly developed.

Because land was equivalent to power, these powerful men could try to claim the crown.

Because the climate was not well suited for growing grapes and nearby property was not available to expand their landholdings, the Harmonists submitted a petition to the U. S. government for assistance in purchasing land elsewhere.

Because the soil is so difficult to cultivate, most of the land is used for cattle pasture.

Because much of the land that constituted Pangaea was distant from the oceans, temperatures fluctuated greatly, and the interior of Pangaea probably included expansive areas of desert.

Because of their low-rise construction ( most were simple one-story buildings, anything more than two floors with outside corridors being rare ) with large car parks, the number of rooms which would fit on any given amount of land was low compared to the high-rise urban hotels which had grown around railway stations.

Because about 70 % of South Korea's land area is mountainous and the population is concentrated in the lowland areas, actual population densities were in general greater than the average.

Because of its tectonic origin, several faults scar the land ; as a result, the island is prone to earthquakes.

Because of unbelief at various points, but especially at Kadesh Barnea ( Numbers 14 ), the Israelites were condemned to wander for forty years in the desert in the vicinity of Kadesh instead of immediately entering the land of promise.

Because the only mountain-building since then has been of the Stirling Range with the rifting from Antarctica, the land is extremely eroded and ancient, with no part of the state above 1, 245 metres ( 4, 085 ft ) AHD ( at Mount Meharry in the Hamersley Range of the Pilbara region ).

Because of the nature of the way money was given to the companies building the railroad, they were sometimes known to sabotage each others railroads to claim that land as their own.

Because an idle floating duck or a duck squatting on land cannot react to fly or move quickly, " a sitting duck " has come to mean " an easy target ".

Because of their size and their habit of taking the same paths to feed, hippos can have a significant impact on the land they walk across, both by keeping the land clear of vegetation and depressing the ground.

Because sharks do not have rib cages, they can easily be crushed under their own weight on land.

Because the Act did not disturb existing private ownership of Indian reservation lands, it left reservations a checkerboard of tribal and fee land, which remains the case today.

Because of its high debt load, Posner's DWG would generate attractive but highly volatile returns and would ultimately land the company in financial difficulty.

Because of the cloud which greeted them, Kupe named the land Aotearoa.

Because of this it is not likely they emerged in freshwater ( unless they first migrated into freshwater habitats and then migrated onto land so shortly after that they still retained the ability to make urea ), although some species never left, or returned to, the water could of course have adapted to freshwater lakes and rivers.

Because of the fundamental value of land and real estate to the local and global economy, land surveying was one of the first professions to require Professional Licensure.

Because of the large influx of fresh water from rivers, especially from the Neva River ( two thirds of the total runoff ), the gulf water has very low salinity – between 0. 2 and 5. 8 ‰ at the surface and 0. 3 – 8. 5 ‰ near the bottom.

Because the rivers and streams have such steep gradients and are so fast moving, they are erosive instead of depository in nature.

Because the area of the fossil site was four hundred kilometers removed from the coastline and there were no indications of large rivers or deep lakes nearby at the end of the Cretaceous, Lawson in 1975 rejected a fish-eating lifestyle, instead suggesting that Quetzalcoatlus scavenged like the Marabou Stork, but then on the carcasses of titanosaur sauropods such as Alamosaurus.

Because of the ships ' negligible draft, the Vikings could sail in shallow waters, allowing them to invade far inland along rivers.

Because it was more a network of trails more than a single trail there were numerous variations with other trails eventually established on both sides of the Platte, North Platte, Snake, and Columbia rivers.

Because there are no rivers, with the exception of a few minor streams, flowing directly into the northwest arm, Gunnison Bay, it is now substantially saltier than the rest of the lake.

Because of Bangladesh's many rivers, ferries are a major form of transportation.

Because of the abundance of powerful streams, many of the major westward rivers off the Cascades have been dammed to provide hydroelectric power.

Because of varying water pressure in individual lakes, large subsurface rivers may suddenly form and then force large amounts of water through the solid ice.

Because Illinois entered the union as a free state, African-American slaves sometimes escaped to it across the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to freedom, sometimes traveling as far as Canada to ensure they evaded slave catchers.

Because of the location between the two rivers the area is as narrow as 3 km near Opheusden.

Because of its location on two very unpredictable rivers, Waterloo has been ravaged by many floods.

Because of this, the rivers receive groundwater flow ( baseflow ), carrying it out of the region, rather than supplying recharge to the aquifer.

Because of the large number of lakes and rivers in the area, Boulder Junction has been proclaimed the “ Musky capital of the world ”.

Because of the heavy rainfall in the region the rivers of the Harz Mountains were dammed from an early date.

Because of these issues, some rivers now have regulations restricting the annual and daily operating times or numbers of rafters.

Because of a lack of major rivers flowing into the lake to naturally replenish it, concern exists that any rise in temperature and evaporation through climate change could cause an extremely rapid collapse in the lake's level.

Because the bird tends to roost near water bodies such as rivers, it is often exposed to mosquitoes.

Because of their long reproductive cycles, long migrations, and sensitivity to environmental conditions, many species are under severe threat from overfishing, poaching, water pollution and damming of rivers.

Because of its small size, personal watercraft such as Jetskis and Waverunners are somewhat less popular here than at some of the other local lakes and rivers.

Because of the need for a river port leading to the ocean, and a ready supply of water power, settlements often develop where rivers cross a fall line.

Because many of the rivers and lakes of Denali are fed by glaciers, glacial silt and cold temperatures slow the metabolism of the fish, preventing them from reaching normal sizes.