Despite an abundance of rivers, large bodies of water are rare.

Despite their low nutrition value and the abundance of indigestible calcite, echinoderms are the prey of many organisms, such as crabs, sharks, sea birds and larger starfish.

Despite the abundance of such references, the gods are never portrayed as having command over Ṛta.

Despite its abundance of wilderness, recreational opportunities, hunting and fishing resources, and resplendent natural beauty, tourism is not a major sector of the local economy — largely due to the city's remote location.

Despite its small size, Lordstown continues to grow slowly ; people seeking housing in the area are drawn to its rural appearance, abundance of buildable land, and proximity to downtown Warren.

Despite the relative low number of Polynesian languages, and the relative abundance of data already available on many of them, the comparative method was often reduced to comparisons of vocabulary, its shared sporadic sound changes and, as Wilson did in 1985, comparison of pronominal systems which is perhaps the second most commonly described aspect of " minor " languages often available for comparison after the lexicostatistical lists.

Despite its vastness and abundance of water, this thermal system is little utilized ; of the nine groups of thermal springs there are only adequate installations in four of them: Chaves, Carvalhelhos, Vidago, Pedras Salgadas, and Verín.

Despite its salinity, it has an abundance of fish, such as the edible naked carp ( Gymnocypris przewalskii, huángyú ( 湟鱼 )).

Despite the abundance of sunlight in Israel, solar water heaters were used by only 20 % of the population by 1967.

Despite < sup > 40 </ sup > Ca being the favored daughter nuclide, its usefulness in dating is limited since a great many decay events are required for a small change in relative abundance, and also the amount of calcium originally present may not be known.

: Despite the new qualifier added to his name, this toy of Optimus Primal continues to represent his one-and-only Beast Machines body, and is sculpted to much better resemble his animated self, although the coloration skews towards an abundance of orange.

Despite the Diurachs being in such modest numbers, they do have character in abundance, Proud of their land and their whisky, they will gladly bend the ear of any visitor willing to take the time to listen.

Despite a fragile ecosystem there exists an abundance of birdlife.

Despite their worldwide distribution and great abundance, there are few functioning fisheries for squat lobsters.

Despite this, the abundance of water that flowed into Trasimeno in the last 3 years has saved the lake from further problems.

Despite the illegal collection of up to a hundred individuals of this taxon in San Diego County each year, the sheer abundance of this snake in that area ( Hubbs, 2004 estimates 15, 000 individuals within the favored collecting area alone ) and the small number of optimum days for such collection ( approximately 10-15 per year ) has allowed for a continued population to exist and thrive.

Despite being one of Mather's most well-known works, many have openly criticized it, labeling it as hard to follow and understand, and poorly paced and organized.

Despite his later well-known fondness for Reagan, Meese was initially reluctant to accept the Reagan appointment because Meese saw himself as a non-partisan figure.

" Despite the well-known examples of pejorative exonymic characters ( such as the " dog radical " in Di ), he claims there is no hidden racial bias in the meanings of the characters used to describe these different peoples, but rather the differences were " in occupation or in custom, not in race or origin.

Despite the well-known sexual side effects of sertraline, significantly higher improvement of sexual functioning was achieved by the sertraline group as compared to the placebo group.

Despite his conversion to Islam, his works continued to be studied at the Jewish Baghdad Academy, a well-known academy, into the thirteenth century.

Despite being a well-known condition, it is currently incurable and often fatal to the fish.

Despite the number of Caribs and their well-known warring culture, they would end up dominated or exterminated by the Spaniards in the process of conquest and colonization.

Despite having been toned down in the mid-1930s to appear more demure, she became one of the most well-known and popular cartoon characters in the world.

Despite its close proximity to Camberley, Sandhurst is also home to a large and well-known out-of-town mercantile development.

Despite being a well-known and popular figure, Brougham had to wait before being offered a parliamentary seat to contest.

Despite praise from other Imagineers, Disney did not like the idea of a run-down building in his pristine park, hence his well-known saying, " We'll take care of the outside and let the ghosts take care of the inside.

Despite its rich literature, beginning anonymously in the 16th century and with well-known authors since 1756 ( see the paragraph Literature ), the use of Walloon has decreased markedly since France's annexation of Wallonia in 1795.

Despite the well-known anger of the peasants towards the Duke, and their efforts to rid England of corrupt high officials, the Bill of Complaints dismissed the idea that the rebels were responsible.

Despite being defended by well-known attorneys such as Nathaniel Boyden and William Nathan Harrell Smith, he was convicted on six of the eight charges against him by the Democrats of the North Carolina Senate in straight party-line votes on March 22, 1871.

Despite this, the supremacy of law and equality before the law were not well-known concepts, the tsar was still not bound by the law, and the " police had unlimited authority.

Despite ragtime's decline after Joplin's death in 1917, the " Maple Leaf Rag " continued to be recorded by many well-known artists.

Despite the popularity of Bongo flava and the large number of well-known artistes throughout Tanzania, copying of music is widespread and most artistes are unable to make a living selling their music.

Despite Ethiopia's well-known religious tolerance, culture related acceptance issues and the growth of some Evangelical churches have also led to some violence, especially as non-Orthodox Christians & Muslims seek to gain equal economic & social status as the traditionally privileged Orthodox Christians.

Despite being less studied, the ancient and traditional " mestiere delle armi " in Italy was also a well-known profession by the Irish.

Despite a late arrival to a market saturated with technology media, SecurityFocus News became a well-known name in the tech news world during Poulsen's tenure with the company and was acquired by Symantec.

Despite being nominally aimed at the FCC, the lyrics primarily target well-known figures associated with the George W. Bush administration.

Despite being a well-known bird species on the West Coast of the US, it is of some slight conservation concern given its restricted range ( for a gull ).

Despite the fact that her next opponent Delia Gonzalez, a well-known boxer from New Mexico, also fought in the first women's 1995 WIBF sanction bouts, disappointingly both fighters were refused a sanctioned world championship bout by then managed WIBF organization ( Jimmy Finn ) on June 1, 1996 in Las Vegas.

Despite availability of downloading in multiple formats, being less restrictive on video uploads, and Google being tremendously well-known, Google Videos had only a minor share from the online video market, amassing around 2, 500, 000 videos uploaded.

Despite the food shortages, no large-scale starvation hit the Finns in southern Finland before the war.

Despite peace talks, a southern separatist group in the Casamance region has clashed sporadically with government forces since 1982.

Despite their height, however, the mountain system does not create a major barrier between the northern and the southern portions of the Meseta Central because several passes permit road and railroad transportation to the northwest and the northeast.

Despite the efforts of groups like the Ku Klux Klan to intimidate black voters and white Republicans, assurance of federal support for democratically elected southern governments meant that most Republican voters could both vote and rule in confidence.

Despite the early conquest of southern Gaul by the Franks after the Battle of Vouillé in 507, the Frankish element was feeble south of the Loire, where Gothic and Gallo-Roman Law prevailed and a small Frankish settlement took place.

Despite this alliance, Thrasamund failed to aid Theodoric when the Byzantine Navy ravaged the coast of southern Italy, preventing him from coming assist King Alaric of the Visigoths in the Battle of Vouillé, which contributed to Alaric's defeat.

Despite the fact that Echeandía's emancipation plan was met with little encouragement from the novices who populated the southern missions, he was nonetheless determined to test the scheme on a large scale at Mission San Juan Capistrano.

" Despite the fact that Echeandía's emancipation plan was met with little encouragement from the neophytes who populated the southern missions, he was nonetheless determined to test the scheme on a large scale at Mission San Juan Capistrano.

Despite the increasing number of out-of-state visitors who came to the race every year, the " Oaks " ( as local residents simply refer to it ) has always been considered to be a local event by the people of Kentuckiana ( the Ohio Valley, centered around Louisville, and consisting of much of northern Kentucky and southern Indiana ).

Despite promotion involving former Formula One racing driver Stirling Moss, the reaction upon its release was that the C5 was impractical in the British climate meaning it was only comfortably usable in southern England in the spring and summer, and possibly dangerous on busy roads.

Despite the fact that the southern extension has been held up for decades, it is being revisited due to the disturbing images of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita in the Gulf states.

Despite the celebrations, the Sultan still disposed of a total of around 40, 000 troops in central and southern Greece, entrenched in powerful fortresses.

Despite the Turnpike's southern end being in the township, Exit 1 is officially located in neighboring Carneys Point Township.

Despite their rapid nocturnal flight through the southern swamp, they suffered no greater injuries than the ruining of coats and trousers.

Despite its proximity to the University of Warwick on Coventry's southern outskirts, it has only a small student population of mostly postgraduate students, although many staff at the university choose to live in Kenilworth.

Despite his size and well-camouflaged, brown-streaked plumage, the male Golden-headed Cisticola of Australia and southern Asia produces a small, brilliant splash of golden-yellow colour in the dappled sunlight of a reed bed.

Despite this, Prince Sadruddin was able to successfully negotiate with Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz for the establishment of a UN relief program for tens of thousands of Shia Muslims trapped in worsening conditions in the marshlands of southern Iraq.

Despite the inconvenience that this caused, the railway benefitted by Hong Kong becoming the centre of communications and trade with southern China, especially as much of the traffic that had hitherto gone by sea could no longer do so.

Despite the detailed naval regulations issued, minor variations in the flags were frequently seen, due to different manufacturing techniques employed, suppliers used, and the flag-making traditions of each southern state.

Despite the declaration that the city had fallen, fighting continued on 15 and 16 March, as German units cleared the remnants of resistance in the tractor works factory complex, in the southern outskirts of the city.

Despite the excessive wetness of the climate, summers are no more uncomfortable or humid than in the rest of southern Japan: indeed humidity is marginally lower than on cities close to the Seto Inland Sea or on the southern Sea of Japan.

Despite his oath of allegiance to the restored monarchy, the loyal Ney had rallied to Napoleon's banner immediately upon his landing in southern France and had led a corps into battle at Waterloo.

Despite being heavily suppressed during the last two centuries of the history of China, from the Taiping Movement to the Cultural Revolution, it is now experiencing a revival and is supported by the Government of the People's Republic of China, particularly in the forms of Mazuism in southern China ( officially, about 160 million Chinese are Mazuists ), Huangdi worship, Black Dragon worship in Shaanxi, and Caishen worship.