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The wetlands on the Swan Coastal Plain were particularly important to them, both spiritually, featuring in local mythology, and as a source of food.
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It is usually solitary, living in lowland forests and wetlands, browsing on plants and understory.
Acid-producing gasses are also created by biological processes that occur on the land, in wetlands, and in the oceans.
Lake Chad is the second largest lake in west Africa and is one of the most important wetlands on the continent.
Infantry and tanks had been employed to little effect against the German position, both of which floundered in the open wetlands only to be dominated by infantry and antitank fire from the German fortifications on the forward slope of Hill 157, overlooking the wetlands.
There are a few natural depressions on the atoll rim that capture the abundant rainfall to form areas of fresh-water wetlands.
Other, smaller freshwater wetlands are found along the east side of the runway, and in the vicinity of the receiver antenna field on the northwest arm of the atoll.
It is located on Stony Lake in a wooded area with wetlands.
The campground is on the shores of Big Wolf Lake and consists of of forest and wetlands.
Similar effects are occuring on the north shore, in wetlands such as Presqu ' ile, which have interdunal wetlands called pannes, with high plant diversity and many unusual plant species.
Much of Perth was originally built on a series of freshwater wetlands running from Herdsman Lake in the west through to Claisebrook Cove in the east.
It has been estimated that up to 80 % of Perth was built on reclaimed wetlands.
Even on the mainland, some settlements have no roads connecting with the main continental network, due to natural obstacles like mountains or wetlands, remoteness, or general expense.
The Bay covers somewhere between 400 and 1, 600 square miles ( 1, 040 to 4, 160 square kilometers ), depending on which sub-bays ( such as San Pablo Bay ), estuaries, wetlands, and so on are included in the measurement.
Tidal mud flats, marshes and wetlands, as well as several natural and artificially-maintained sand beaches are interspersed on the coast.
They live on the coast and in the freshwater rivers and wetlands of northern Australia, and they are farmed for their meat and leather.
* The Water and Oceans Program works on issues related to the nation's water quality, fish populations, wetlands and oceans.
Despite not having many large wetlands dragonflies abound on Minorca.
Permanent wetlands are preferred, including ornamental lakes, but Black Swans can also be found in flooded pastures and tidal mudflats, and occasionally on the open sea near islands or the shore.
Native American and early settlers would have been able to draw on natural resources available in forests, wetlands, and prairies, making the site hospitable for humans for many centuries.
Their habitats vary greatly depending on the particular species ; they can be found in prairies, rain forests, wetlands, savannas and temperate forests.
* Ataria, an information and interpretation centre for the wetlands of Salburua, an important nature park on the eastern edge of the city.
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The Black Swan is common in the wetlands of south western and eastern Australia and adjacent coastal islands.
The wetlands created by the Great Chilean Earthquake like Carlos Anwandter Nature Sanctuary in Cruces River have become important population centers for the Black-necked Swan.
The trunkline passes wetlands just north of Swan Creek Marsh and crosses the Kalamazoo River about west of an intersection with M-40.
The Mute Swan is often found in developed areas near human habitation in North America, whereas Trumpeters are usually only found in pristine wetlands with minimal human disturbance.
The lakeshore reed beds and wetlands provide critical habitat for hundreds of thousands of wintering water birds, including rare and threatened species such as the Dalmatian Pelican, Ferruginous Duck, Swan, Spotted Eagle, and Eastern Imperial Eagle.
The park's of carriage trails allow visitors to view the various habitats of the park, which include open meadow, dense forest, meandering rivers, wetlands, and the Swan Lake.
Numerous peaty bogs and wetlands are present in the area, including hundreds of oxbow lakes of the meandering Swan and Woody rivers.
Prior to European settlement, Noongar Aboriginal of the Mooro tribe had lived in what has become the northern Perth metropolitan region for more than 40, 000 years, taking advantage of the abundant food and water around the chain of wetlands on the Swan Coastal Plain.
Situated on the Swan coastal plain, between the coast, and the Darling scarp, the terrain is generally flat, with many small natural and created wetlands.
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* A — Marine and Coastal Zone wetlands
* Coastal management, including structures such as seawalls, breakwaters, groynes, floodgates, as well as the use of soft engineering techniques such as beach nourishment, sand dune stabilization and the protection of mangrove forests and coastal wetlands.
Audubon's Mississippi River and Louisiana Coastal Initiatives have been helping to restore coastal wetlands and to rebuild Mississippi River delta marshlands.
Coastal and estuarine habitats include marshes, forested wetlands, oyster reefs, seagrass beds, beaches, tidal streams, and riparian forests.
The wetlands of the Point Cook Coastal Park form part of the Cheetham and Altona Important Bird Area.
The southern portion of the stream, near Newark is in the Atlantic Coastal Plain, a relatively flat area that is dotted with large tidal wetlands.
The river drains of western Georgia, flowing south from the upper Piedmont region south of Atlanta to the wetlands of the Gulf Coastal Plain in the southwestern corner of the state.
The eastern portion of South Texas is often referred to as the Coastal Bend ; here, coastal salt marshes, estuaries, and wetlands are scattered, and the western and central parts are known as the South Texas Plains or the brush country.
* Cypress swamps along an ancient black water river and vast wetlands providing winter habitat for migrating waterfowl on the Coastal Plain of the Eastern Shore ;
Coastal wetlands such as mangrove forests and coral reefs reduce the impact of storms.
The Refuge protects more than 40, 000 acres ( 162 km² ) of southern New Jersey Coastal Habitats and tidal wetlands.
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