Much of the land surrounding the Detroit River is urbanized and, in some places, heavily industrialized.

Much more forest land – about 40 percent of the total forest land base – is subject to varying degrees of protection through processes such as integrated land use planning or defined management areas such as certified forests ( Natural Resources Canada ).

Much of the land along the Gulf Coast is, or was, marshland.

Much of their land remained unused because it lacked irrigation.

Much money has been spent for land amelioration projects involving the installation of drainage pipes, the straightening and deepening of natural streams, the digging of drainage ditches, and the construction of polder dams.

Much of the population engages in subsistence farming, even though only 10. 71 % of the country's surface is classified as arable land and 0. 13 % has permanent crops.

Much of the land has been ruined by soil erosion.

Much like Mormon ( who may have taken Amaleki as his model ), this last historian of the civilization that lasted for 400 years in the land of Nephi rose to the occasion and, filled with a sense of longing for what has been lost, eloquently recounted the last days of the Nephite people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Nephi.

Much of this success in defense lay in the world's first use of gunpowder ( i. e. with early flamethrowers, grenades, firearms, cannons, and land mines ) to fight back against the Khitans, the Tanguts, the Jurchens, and then the Mongols.

Much of this land was " debated " between England and Scotland, but the Earldom of Northumbria was eventually recognised as part of England by the Anglo-Scottish Treaty of York in 1237.

Much of the land being opened up to Anglos in Mexican Texas was well suited for cotton, but raising cotton was a labor intensive endeavor at the time, profitable only by use of slave labor.

Much of the land is now under local control and commercial activity is based on tourism, crofting, fishing, and weaving.

Much of the land in the south part of the Valley, in Conejos and Costilla counties, was originally part of large Mexican land grants and is private land.

Much of the land was still owned by individual landowners, often private estates, but there was also property owned by public bodies such as the Crown, or charities which allow and encourage access such as the National Trust.

Much of the land that was not purchased by UCI ( which is now occupied by the cities of Irvine, Tustin, Newport Beach, and Newport Coast ) is now held under The Irvine Company.

Much of the land had been farmed too hard for too long, eroding and depleting the soil.

Much of the land between the coastal strip and the hinterland was once wetlands drained by this river, but the swamps have been converted into man-made waterways ( over 260 km, or over 9 times that of Venice, Italy ) and artificial islands covered in upmarket homes.

Much of the island's land mass has been lost to erosion, down to about from its original.

Much of the land purchased came from the Agnew Family in Tupelo who still owns some of the battlefield property.

Much of the expertise and equipment had to be acquired from abroad, notably from Britain, whose canal system was the most advanced in the world at that time.

** Betsey Warrington Park, an extension of the park area when the park district acquired a narrow piece of farmland off of W. Main St. Much of the original farmstead remains intact and remains for historical and recreational use.

Much of Spokane's park land was acquired by the city prior to World War I, establishing the city early on as a leader among Western cities in the development of a city-wide park system.

Much of Layard's boyhood was spent in Italy, where he received part of his schooling, and acquired a taste for the fine arts and a love of travel ; but he was at school also in England, France and Switzerland.

He said this about Macaulay's determination to inspect physically the places mentioned in his History: " Much of the success of the famous third chapter of the History which may be said to have introduced the study of social history, and even ... local history, was due to the intense local knowledge acquired on the spot.

Much of his childhood was spent in France and Spain, so that he early acquired a mastery of the language of both countries and an insight into the genius of the people.

Much of the loss in value of the acquired companies was put down to the astronomical " goodwill " payment included in the purchase price during the " dotcom boom ".

Much of the collection of the Prado today — including works by Titian, Raphael, and Rubens — was acquired and assembled under Velázquez's curatorship.

Much of the water rights were acquired through subterfuge, with purchases splitting water cooperatives and pitting neighbors against each other.

Much of the land acquired during what has become known as " phase one " of land reform was of poor quality, according to Human Rights Watch.

Much of the land acquired for the dam was through an exchange with the Navajo, in which the tribe ceded Manson Mesa south of the dam site for a similar-sized chunk of land in New Mexico, which the Navajo had long coveted.

Much of his early knowledge was acquired from a local widow woman, who had acquired a reputation as a healer due to her skill with herbal remedies.

Much of the Cosmos ' ability to attract the well-known overseas players it had acquired was due to the financial resources of parent company Warner Communications.

Much of its tooling was acquired by Bub, a rival toy company.

Much of the Dudleytown area land was acquired by the Dark Entry Forest Association, which planted thousands of trees.

Much of his wealth, although used often for philanthropic purposes, was acquired through the trade and exploitation of slaves.

In the " Too Much Information " arc, teammate David Alleyne asked Emma Frost to remove a mental block in his mind inhibiting him from recalling all the information and skills he had acquired.

Much of the Bass holdings in Disney were acquired by the Griffith Family, who also own large equity holdings in Time-Warner, MGM-UA, and investment powerhouse KKR.

Much of MacDuffie's former campus was developed between 1956 and 1968, under the stewardship of headmaster Ralph D. Rutenber, when several large homes and an athletics field were acquired.

Much land being sold during this period, the Slinger family acquired the remnant which they held until 1728.

Much of Gyrodyne's property ( 246 acres ) was acquired in 2005 by the adjacent Stony Brook University.

Much of the original seed money for this real estate investment was acquired through a loan from the Teamsters Union.

Much of the land was acquired in 1927 after a public appeal was launched to prevent further development on the fields around the monument.