Throughout the 5th century BC, Athens sought to consolidate its control over Thrace, which was strategically important because of its primary materials ( the gold and silver of the Pangaion hills and the dense forests essential for naval construction ), and the sea routes vital for Athens ' supply of grain from Scythia.

The climbing plants in the tropical forests are exceedingly luxuriant and the undergrowth or " bush " is extremely dense.

The okapi ( a genus restricted to Africa ) is found only in the dense forests of the Congo basin.

The laurel forest is a type of cloud forest, the cloud forests, are developed preferably about mountains, where the dense moisture from the sea or ocean, is precipitated by the action of the relief.

In their native habitats, the toads can be found in subtropical forests, although dense foliage tends to limit their dispersal.

Native to South America, the capybara inhabits savannas and dense forests and lives near bodies of water.

The natural forests in Afghanistan are mainly of two types: dense forests of oak, walnut, and other species of nuts that grow in the southeast, and on the northern and northeastern slopes of the Sulaiman ranges ; and sparsely distributed short trees and shrubs on all other slopes of the Hindu Kush.

The dense forests of the southeast cover only 2. 7 % of the country.

Lowland gorillas live in dense forests and lowland swamps and marshes as low as sea level, with western lowland gorillas living in Central West African countries and eastern lowland gorillas living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo near its border with Rwanda.

The northern part of the continent, covering much of Siberia was also inaccessible to the steppe nomads due to the dense forests and the tundra.

On Robinson Crusoe, grasslands predominate from 0 to 100 meters ; introduced shrubs from 100 to 300 meters ; tall forests from 300 to 500 meters ; montane forests from 500 to 700 meters, with dense tree cover of Cuminia fernandezia, Fagara, and Rhaphithamnus venustus ; tree fern forests from 700 to 750 meters, and brushwood forests above 750 meters.

These anti-tank obstacles extended from end to end in front of the major works across hundreds of kilometres ( miles ), interrupted only by extremely dense forests, rivers, or other nearly impassable terrain.

Paraguay contained little oil and no precious metals or sea coasts, but the country was self-sufficient in many areas and was endowed with fertile land, dense forests, and swift rivers.

Clear skies, beautiful warm valleys, eroded terrains with reddish colored sands, rice fields, palm trees, savannas, bushy forests, dense rivers, beautiful warm turquoise beaches, orangey or yellowish terrains, clearer sands and a sun that hits like the African plateau,

It prefers mountainous mixed deciduous and conifer forests, especially with old trees and dense understories of bamboo.

Their small size is an adaptation to the thick, dense forests of the island of Sumatra where they reside, as well as the smaller-sized prey.

Small species of brocket deer and pudús of Central and South America, and muntjacs of Asia generally occupy dense forests and are less often seen in open spaces, with the possible exception of the Indian Muntjac.

The area was still marked by dense forests, swamps and other types of wilderness.

The area boasts numerous lakes and dense coniferous forests.

Moving upwards, olives and chestnut trees appear while in the higher regions there are often dense forests of oak, pine, beech and fir trees.

Conversely, the islands do not receive the upwellings ( cold streams ) that affect the West African coast, so the air temperature is cooler than in Senegal, but the sea is actually warmer, because the orographic relief of some islands, as Sao Miguel with steep mountains, cover it with rich woods and luxuriant vegetation where the dense moisture condense and soak the plants, rocks, soil, logs, moss etc.

The land that was to become Lansing was surveyed as " Township 4 North Range 2 West " in February 1827 in what was then dense forest.

The far West End ( Innsbrook and Short Pump ) and almost all of Chesterfield County have no public transportation despite dense housing, retail, and office development.

The dense Western third of the island ( West Java, Banten, and DKI Jakarta ) has an even higher population density exceeding 1, 400 per km < sup > 2 </ sup > and is taking up the lion's share of population growth of Java.

The town was surrounded by a mud wall with a circumference estimated at six miles ( Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911 ), pierced by six gates, and protected by a ditch five feet deep, filled with a dense growth of prickly acacia, the usual defence of West African strongholds.

Halva ( or halawa, alva, xalwo, haleweh, ħelwa, halvah, halava, helava, helva, halwa, halua, aluva, chalva, chałwa, " حلاوة ") refers to many types of dense, sweet confections, served across the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Balkans, Eastern Europe, Malta and the Jewish world.

The North West and West Midlands regions contain a dense network of canals.

The Catholic neighborhood of Santa Cruz ( West ) is a very pristine and quiet area of Santa Cruz west, with dense lush gardens.

Hill's poetry encompasses a variety of styles, from the dense and allusive writing of King Log ( 1968 ) and Canaan ( 1997 ) to the simplified syntax of the sequence ' The Pentecost Castle ' in Tenebrae ( 1978 ) to the more accessible poems of Mercian Hymns ( 1971 ), a series of thirty poems ( sometimes called ' prose-poems ' a label which Hill rejects in favour of ' versets ') which juxtapose the history of Offa, eighth century ruler of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, with Hill's own childhood in the modern Mercia of the West Midlands.

* Desmarchais-Crawford ( also called West Verdun ), which includes dense early 20th-century residential development, the sprawling Douglas Hospital campus, and the post-war suburban area of Crawford Bridge ;

Unlike West Germany, East Germany accomplished a large-scale education reform and introduced a dense network of high-standard education facilities, especially kindergartens.

For example, the western part of Roslindale blends seamlessly with West Roxbury's one and two family residences and tree lined streets ; and Roslindale's northern area consists of dense two and three family residences amidst light industrial buildings similar to the adjacent Stony Brook corridor in Jamaica Plain.

On 21 August 1918 at Courcelles, France, during an attack, the infantry lost their bearings in dense fog and Lieutenant Colonel West at once collected any men he could find and led them to their objective, in face of heavy machine-gun fire.

At this period the district south of the River Avon and the River Nadder was occupied by dense woodland, the relics of which survive in Cranborne Chase, and the first wave of West Saxon colonization was chiefly confined to the valleys of the River Avon and the River Wylye, the little township of Wilton which arose in the latter giving the name of Wilsaetan to the new settlers.

Royal antelopes live in dense forests in West Africa, feeding on leaves and fruit in the undergrowth.

Less than one mile west of Santa Monica Airport over the dense West Los Angeles area.

Stopped by the flooded Potomac River at Falling Waters, West Virginia, Pettigrew's brigade was deployed in a dense skirmish line on the Maryland side protecting the road to the river crossing.

West Singhbhum district is full of dense forests and hills and harbors a variety of flora and fauna.

South and east Asia — especially China, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Japan — and many areas in West Africa have extremely dense human populations that allow little room for natural habitat.

Bongos are found in dense tropical jungles with dense undergrowth up to an altitude of 4, 000 meters ( 12, 800 ft ) in Central Africa, with isolated populations in Kenya, and the following west African countries: -

Because of the location of the shoreline — at the point where the Atlantic's cold water reach Africa — there is often extremely dense fog.

The Narina Trogon of Africa is slightly exceptional in that it utilises a wider range of habitats than any other trogon, ranging from dense forest to fairly open savannah, and from the Equator to southern South Africa.

This species breeds widely in Africa except in deserts and dense forests, and is locally abundant.

Nyala inhabit dense lowland woodlands and thickets, mainly in southern Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and eastern South Africa.

Both are confined to sub-saharan Africa: the giraffe to the open savannas, and the okapi to the dense rainforest of the Congo.

The trees of the forest were so tall and dense that little light reached the floor ( thus the phrase " darkest Africa "), food was scarcely to be found, and the local Pygmies took the expedition for an Arab raiding party, shooting at them with poisoned arrows.

Until about 1 million years ago, the area was very similar to the dense jungles and plains of Africa.

The Berber people are spread out over a large part of Africa, but seem to have a dense concentration within the North Western part of Africa.

Kouyaté's dense, emotional, hypnotic manner of singing and her lyrical talents have earned huge acclaim in Mali, though she remained relatively little known outside Africa, due to extremely limited availability of her recordings.

It is the most dense collection of skyscrapers in Africa, however due to white flight and urban blight, many of the buildings are unoccupied as tenants have left for more secure locations in the Northern Suburbs, in particular Sandton and Rosebank.

Atilax paludinosus is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, with a preference for permanent freshwater habitats bordered by dense vegetation, such as marshes, reed beds, and estuary ( though sightings have been recorded in hilly areas with little or no aquatic wildlife presence ).