Due to its proximity to the Sahara, most of the Cape Verde islands are dry, but on islands with high mountains and farther away from the coast, by orography, the humidity is much higher, giving a rainforest habitat, very degraded by the strong human presence.

Due to high domestic demand and a strong tea culture, most Taiwanese tea is bought and consumed by the Taiwanese.

Due to strong penetration of the Slovak market by mobile phones, the fixed lines sector has decreased dramatically in recent years.

Due to its strong capabilities in OEM wafer manufacturing and a complete industry supply chain, Taiwan has been able to distinguish itself from its competitors.

Due to the primarily amorphous fibrous and nonfibrous proteins in lamina propria ( LPs ), the basement membrane applies strong anchoring filaments like collagenⅣ and Ⅶ to secure the hemidesmosome of basal cell to LPs.

Due to the large mass of a boson, weak decay is much more unlikely than strong or electromagnetic decay, and hence occurs less rapidly.

Due to the show's strong themes of female empowerment, the most powerful members of the team are often female ( Buffy and Willow ), while the men play passive roles such as that of father-figure ( Giles ) and supportive best friend ( Xander ).

: Due to the strong coupling between components in complex systems, a failure in one or more components can lead to cascading failures which may have catastrophic consequences on the functioning of the system.

Due to the lack of an agreed definition and the strong negative associations, the characterization of any period as a " depression " is contentious.

Due to its large membership, varying and strong beliefs, and occasionally speculative nature, the environmental movement is not always united in its goals.

Due to the lack of solar heating and very strong radiative cooling from carbon dioxide, the mesopause is the coldest place on Earth with temperatures as low as-100 ° C (- 146 ° F or 173 K ).

Due to Sigismund's strong support of the Counter Reformation, his support back in largely Protestant Sweden eroded quickly.

Due to the lack of strong resistance, two Australian Army divisions succeeded in occupying eastern Indonesia.

Due to his success in the American Chess Congress, many people in America felt confident they had a player strong enough to challenge the best players abroad and that he should be supported by the American Chess Association to make those challenges.

Due to remoteness from the rest of Maine and a perceived lack of connection with Maine government, as well as a strong connection with neighboring Canada, politicians of Aroostook County, Maine, have proposed making Aroostook part of New Brunswick or spinning off the county as its own state, probably named Aroostook, since the 1990s.

Due to Callimachus ' strong stance against the epic, he and his younger student Apollonius of Rhodes, who favored epic and wrote the Argonautica, had a long and bitter feud, trading barbed comments, insults, and ad hominem attacks for over thirty years.

Due to this strong missionary thrust, a large number of Capuchins have suffered martyrdom over the centuries.

Due to the growth spurt of commercial businesses, Fultondale is also experiencing strong growth in new residential development throughout the city.

Due to excellent agreement between the mass measured by CDF and the theoretical expectation, it is a strong indication that the particle discovered by CDF is indeed the.

Due to its strong character, nearby recreational opportunities and development properties, Roslyn is increasingly a desirable destination.

Due to the strong gliding conditions and spectacular scenery in the Omarama area, as well as the entire Mackenzie Basin, it is known as a world-class gliding location, gaining fame among sailplane pilots around the world after hosting the 1995 World Gliding Championships.

Due to the strong drop in air traffic after 1999 and the crisis in the aviation sector in 2001 many charter operations from Girona and Reus were diverted to El Prat, which helped the airport to survive the crisis.

Due to the lack of succession law and a strong concept of meritocracy, whenever the succession was in dispute, princely governors or powerful dignitaries claiming their merit gathered their forces and moved on the capital to press their claims, culminating in several bloody coups.

Due to its location next to the bay, strong winds often swirl down into the stadium, creating unusual playing conditions.

Due to military manoeuvres of imperial and French forces, he was forced to make a detour to the south, bringing him to Geneva.

Due to large number of defectors, the Afghan armed forces in 1985 was reduced to around 47, 000.

Due to a combination of surprise, superior military forces, and a poorly armed South Korean army, the Northern forces quickly captured Seoul and Syngman Rhee and his government was forced to flee further south.

Due to bad publicity claiming that most of this land reform happened in a corrupt way and land went to politicians from ZANU-PF, military leaders or leaders in the police forces who account to less than 1, 000 individuals, actually more than 100, 000 blacks were resettled on land which was previously owned by few whites.

Due to the efforts of general Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, who fended the Russians off with smaller forces in the battles of Gemäuerthof and Jakobstadt, most of the Baltic provinces held by Sweden remained under her control.

Due to assurances, however, from the American administration and the USSR that Israel would not attack, Nasser refused Amer's suggestion, insisting that Egyptian forces in the Sinai should only act defensively.

Due to the rebellion of José Tomás Boves in 1814 and the fall of the republic, he returned to New Granada, where he then commanded a force for the United Provinces and entered Bogotá in 1814, recapturing the city from the dissenting republican forces of Cundinamarca.

Due to the balance of forces concerned, these raids achieved little in the way of damage or casualties, and resulted in the destruction of the Japanese units concerned.

Due to conscription, however, the Japanese army was able to reconstitute its forces, while Saigō's was not.

Due to Arthur's intervention in the ensuing feud, the lady Creiddylad is returned to her father and an arrangement ( a dihenydd, or " fate ") is made that forces the adversaries to engage in single combat for the object of their love every May Day — while she is destined to remain with her father, unmarried — until a final battle on Judgement Day, which will determine who keeps her forever.

Due to harassment by hostile forces and the freezing weather, very few of the 1, 000 O ' Sullivans who set out reached their destination.

Due to Indian military advances and increasing foreign diplomatic pressure, Pakistan was forced to withdraw its forces back across the LoC.

Due to poor intelligence, the British were told to expect only limited resistance from German reserve forces.

Due to political forces, the project came to nothing and was allowed to die.

Due to its strategic position, Brigg was fortified by Royalist forces during the civil war.

Due to his problems with muscular dystrophy, Harris Milstead was not required to join the United States armed forces and fight in the Second World War, and instead both Harris and Frances worked throughout the war in what they saw as " good jobs ".

Due to the tidal forces acting on it, the moon is not perfectly spherical ; its longest axis is about 10 % longer than the shortest.

Due to this defeat Morazán lifted the siege of the city and concentrated his forces in Antigua.

Due to its widespread civilian use in quarries and mining, it has historically been often used by irregular forces such as the Irish Republican Army.

Due to the embargoes enacted during the Napoleonic Wars, he was unable to sail from the Port of Naples and even detained as a British subject by the French forces in possession of the city.

Due to the length of the front created by the German summer offensive, aimed at taking the Caucasus oil fields and the city of Stalingrad, German and other Axis forces were forced to guard sectors beyond the length they were meant to occupy.

Due to growing fears of mutant threat, countries around the world begin to mobilize their Sentinel forces.