He could not afford to lose a drop of the precious water, so he spent most of his waking hours along the ditches in his meadows.

The oise of running water, the large grassy meadows, from which the spot takes its name, and the green hills which circle it round – all seem to captivate the eye and please the senses of the well-worn " voyageur ".

Core areas of territory are usually sited near meadows and water sources.

The word " mæds " is an Old English derivation of meadow, referring to the water meadows alongside the River Avon that were part of Temple parish.

Daniel Defoe enlivens this account of the Waveney's Broads course: The River Waveney is a considerable river, and of a deep and full channel, navigable for large barges as high as Beccles ; it runs for a course of about fifty miles, between the two counties of Suffolk and Norfolk, as a boundary to both ; and pushing on, tho ' with a gentle stream, towards the sea, no one would doubt, but, that when they see the river growing broader and deeper, and going directly towards the sea, even to the edge of the beach ; that is to say, within a mile of the main ocean ; no stranger, I say, but would expect to see its entrance into the sea at that place, and a noble harbour for ships at the mouth of it ; when on a sudden, the land rising high by the sea-side, crosses the head of the river, like a dam, checks the whole course of it, and it returns, bending its course west, for two miles, or thereabouts ; and then turning north, thro ' another long course of meadows ( joining to those just now mention'd ) seeks out the River Yare, that it may join its water with hers, and find their way to the sea together.

On this beautifully landscaped 140 hectare estate, comprising woodland, meadows and water, architects Van Tijen and Van Embden designed the Netherlands ’ first-and so far only-campus university along American lines.

The landscape rises from the flat water meadows of the Nederrijn ( Lower Rhine ) to the Utrecht Hill Ridge (" Utrechtse Heuvelrug ").

The small river Linge, bordered by beautiful water meadows, defines the atmosphere and tone of the landscape.

This rolling glacial terrain is intersected and divided by forests, meadows, farmland, and bodies of water of all types, which, combined with significant seasonal variations, presents a constantly changing tableau of immense beauty.

Originally the town developed around the water meadows next to several bends in the river, but in time has spread onto the valley hillsides and absorbed part of the military airfield at Boscombe Down.

The ground water can reach over 15 percent salt, and this was naturally concentrated in flat salt meadows during the hot dry summers.

Nepi and Falerii have been famed since antiquity for the excellent quality of the water of their springs, scattered in meadows.

Fearn refers to the fern and bracken of the land and Hamme to the water meadows.

The geology of the local area is complex, since the river leaves the chalk of the Mole Gap at this point and flows over gravel and clay, creating a patchwork of different habitats including scrub, woodland, hedges, banks, and meadows as well as the water itself.

New irrigation systems called water meadows allowed longer growing seasons on pasture land and increased yield from hay fields allowing more animals to be raised.

The preferred habitat of the Common House Martin is open country with low vegetation, such as pasture, meadows and farmland, and preferably near water, although it is also found in mountains up to at least 2, 200 metres ( 7, 200 ft ) altitude.

At one important lake in Jiangxi Province in China the Siberian Cranes feed on the mudlfats and in shallow water, the White-naped Cranes on the wetland borders, the Hooded Cranes on sedge meadows and the last two species also feed on the agricultural fields along with the Common Cranes.

It can be found in a range of habitats, in fresh and saltwater marshes, mangrove swamps, flooded meadows, lake edges, or shorelines, but always close to bodies of water, usually nesting in trees or bushes.

It climbs through the Chiltern Hills then descends into the valley of the River Bulbourne crossing water meadows just outside Hemel Hempstead at Boxmoor.

The families Gymnotidae and Hypopomidae are most diverse ( numbers of species ) and abundant ( numbers of individuals ) in small " terra-firme " ( non-floodplain " streams and rivers, and in floodplain " floating meadows " of aquatic macrophytes ( e. g., Eichornium, the Amazonian water hyacinth ).

The cycles in vegetation in beaver ponds contribute to further wetland diversity ; depending upon the amount of beaver activity, there may be open water, marsh, wet meadows or shrub thickets.

The earlier decision to route the motorway through or alongside the water meadows between St Catherine ’ s Hill was reopened and during the year-long inquiry the Headmaster of Winchester College was forcibly ejected along with others for causing a disturbance.

set up a new protest camp nearby in Plague Pits Valley and continued to obstruct the work both on the water meadows and up on the Down itself.

They forage singly or in pairs on meadows or on shallow water marshes.

alt = Map displaying a looping line with arrows indicating that water flows eastward in the far Southern ocean, angling north east of Australia, turning sough after passing Alaska, then crossing the mid-Pacific to flow north of Australia, continuing west below Africa, then turning northwest until reaching eastern Canada, then angling east to southern Europe, then finally turning south just below Greenland and flowing down the Americas ' eastern coast, and resuming its flow eastward to complete the circle

There, in one of the major Swiss engineering feats of the 19th century, the Jura water correction, the river, which had previously rendered the countryside north of Bern a swampland through frequent flooding, was diverted by the Hagneck Canal into Lake of Bienne.

Farther north the western depression, known as the Albertine Rift is occupied for more than half its length by water, forming the Great Lakes of Tanganyika, Kivu, Lake Edward and Lake Albert, the first-named over 400 miles ( 600 km ) long and the longest freshwater lake in the world.

The most saline water is vertically stratified in the water column to the north, creating a barrier to the exchange of oxygen and nutrients, and fostering completely separate maritime environments.

The Black Sea also receives river water from large Eurasian fluvial systems to the north of the Sea, of which the Don, Dnieper and Danube are the most significant.

Numerous bulldozer excavations containing the remnants of metal, fuel, and water drums are scattered about the north central portion and northern edge of the island.

The water level is regulated by the Mud Lock at the north end of the lake.

Furthermore, Cornell's system pumps significantly less warm water back into the lake than others further north which have been operating for decades, including the coal-fired power plant on the eastern shore.

It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south ( with which it shares a water boundary in Long Island Sound ).

In recent decades, the Dead Sea has been rapidly shrinking because of diversion of incoming water from the Jordan River to the north.

Europe is now generally defined by geographers as the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, with its boundaries marked by large bodies of water to the north, west and south ; Europe's limits to the far east are usually taken to be the Urals, the Ural River, and the Caspian Sea ; to the south-east, including the Caucasus Mountains, the Black Sea and the waterways connecting the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.

For several kilometres north of Khartoum, water closer to the eastern bank of the river, coming from the Blue Nile, is visibly muddy, while that closer to the western bank, and coming from the White Nile, is clearer.

The diversion of water to the Milhat ath Tharthar and the construction of a canal transferring water from the Tigris north of Baghdad to the Diyala River have permitted the irrigation of land outside the limits of the dikes and the expansion of settlement.

Finding conditions no better there, they finally migrated north to Kuwait where they found water and consequently settled.

Protected by the extensive water defences, the castle withstood the attack, despite Edward targeting the weaker north wall, employing huge siege towers and even attempting a night attack using barges brought from Chester.

Louisiana was then slowly built, over millions of years, from water into land, and from north to south.

Other tourist attractions include sailing, fishing, and other water sports, as well as visiting the countryside and hills, wineries on the north coast, and nightlife on the south shore.

Heavy rain in early March filled the southern end of the lake, with the north of the usually dry salt pan about 75 per cent covered with water continuing to inflow from local creeks.

Wherever these deposits get thinner, the ground water can permeate the gravel surface and flood the area, leading to marshes as in the north of Munich.

The Mediterranean Sea is a major body of water south of Europe, west of Asia and north of Africa.

The primary result of the Cadell Fault is that the west-flowing water of the Murray River strikes the north-south running fault and diverts both north and south around the fault in the two main channels ( Edward and ancestral Goulburn ) as well as a fan of small streams, and regularly floods a large amount of low-lying country in the area.

The province is surrounded by three major bodies of water, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the north, the Bay of Fundy to the west, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east.