Lasuén chose the site because of the area's fertile cropland, steady water supply, and sizable Indian population.

Separated from the nearest church and school by the Monadnock hills, the residents successfully petitioned to form a new town in 1791, using the name " Greenfield " to highlight the area's level, fertile ground.

They enjoyed the area's mild climate, abundant natural resources, and the fertile hunting grounds along the Deep and Uwharrie Rivers.

In addition to the area's many hills, the south-central section of the community contains what was originally fertile farmland within the Otter Creek watershed.

The area's beauty and fertile soil lead Daniel Bradley, his brother Milo, and LeGrand Rockwell to create a community in the area.

However, given the area's natural harbour and fertile hinterland, it is likely that a small settlement existed before the Vikings landed.

In 1962, Duke Power built the Cowans Ford Dam, flooding the fertile farmland along the Catawba River " bottoms ," the land which had attracted the area's first settlers.

Still, the area's shipwreck record creates fertile ground for speculation.

When these rocks weather they form areas of fertile soil, which together with the area's inaccessibility and climate provide suitable conditions for plants of biological importance.

Valley soils are typically very fertile and deep, and are the area's greatest natural resource.

The area's fertile lands were chronicled in the Hebrew Bible, where it was the site of several miracles for the people of Israel, such as the Jordan River stopping its flow to allow the Jewish people, led by the Ark of the Covenant, to pass over.

Both towns rely upon the area's rich, fertile soils for growing Blue Mountain Coffee.

Between CE 1130 and 1300, the area's inhabitants began to congregate in small settlements in this wide fertile valley.

In some cities such as Miami and San Francisco, the main city is much smaller than the surrounding suburban areas, leaving the city proper with a small portion of the metro area's population and land area.

The Umayyad attack was likely so late in the year because many men and horses needed to live off the land as they advanced ; thus they had to wait until the area's wheat harvest was ready and then until a reasonable amount of the harvest was threshed ( slowly by hand with flails ) and stored.

The word, which means " land of waters ", is highly appropriate, considering the area's multitude of rivers and streams.

Beginning on December 24, 1824, a large land sale was held for several days at the United States Land Office on North Water Street in Crawfordsville during which a large number of the area's tracts were sold at auction.

** Contained names of the land owners, area, land quality, and specific information of the area's content and inhabitants.

It was not until the 18th and 19th century when pioneer farmers began to settle in the area's inexpensive land along the Mississippi River and in the forested Shawnee hills with its one-hundred-foot trees.

The Catalina Foothills community includes some of the Tucson metropolitan area's most expensive homes and land, and has the highest median property value.

The Islamic Society of Corona / Norco has a mosque in the city and the substantial Jewish community ( Corona has about 10, 000 out of the Riverside area's 45, 000 estimated Jews ) has purchased land and is constructing a temple ( it has opened in 2011 ).

The Harmonists settled in the Indiana Territory after leaving Harmony, Pennsylvania, where westward expansion, the area's rising population, jealous neighbors, and increasing cost for land threatened the Society's desire for isolation.

Flatwoods is named for the area's unique topography, a belt of flat wooded land in the ancient Teays River Valley, on an elevation of approximately 650 feet or higher, just south of the Ohio River Valley.

Under the agreement, East Lansing is required to provide services to the land in exchange for 32 percent of the area's property taxes.

Clarkston, which is located in the heart of Independence Township, used the land to erect the area's first schoolhouse.

Logging initially drove the local economy, but when the area's virgin yellow pine forests became depleted, row crops were planted on the newly cleared land.

The Mendenhall family, who owned and operated the area's first grist and lumber mills, also owned much of the town's original land.

He continued to purchase land and opened the area's first school.

1883 was also the year that the area's first school was established on land donated by the Leakeys.

Van Winkle opened a real estate office at Depot Square ( now Station Square ) to sell the land of the Rutherfurd Park Association, and began to lay out the area's street grid.

The harbor was the key to the Hampton Roads area's growth, both on land and in water-related activities and events.

However, popular climbing areas eventually come to the attention of the area's legal stewards, whether they are the owners of private land, or the rangers of a park.

The area's subdividers, the Excelsior Company, named the land in honour of Hanlan's visit, which coincided with the opening of the subdivision.

Jurong's coastal waters were deep, making it suitable for a port ; the land was mostly state-owned ; and landfill was readily available from the area's many hills.

Following the closure of a number of the area's industries, in the 1970s and 1980s the land at the southern end of Vauxhall Bridge remained empty, following the failures of multiple redevelopment schemes.

In James City County, Toano became a major shipping point for the area's truck farming and an entire new development planned by a C & O land agent to attract farmers of Scandinavian descent from the colder regions of the American Mid-West emerged at Norge shortly after the turn of the century.

It has the major importance for satisfying the area's major needs for cottage industry as well as milk meat and fat.

Environment-current issues: government water control projects have drained most of the inhabited marsh areas east of An Nasiriyah by drying up or diverting the feeder streams and rivers ; a once sizable population of Shi ' a Muslims, who have inhabited these areas for thousands of years, has been displaced ; furthermore, the destruction of the natural habitat poses serious threats to the area's wildlife populations ; inadequate supplies of potable water ; development of Tigris-Euphrates Rivers system contingent upon agreements with upstream riparian Turkey ; air and water pollution ; soil degradation ( salination ) and erosion ; and desertification.

The Rock of Monaco served as a shelter for the area's early inhabitants from the end of the Paleolithic period, approximately 300, 000 BC, evidence of which has been found in a cave in St. Judist's Gardens.

The ecology of the Maluku Islands has fascinated naturalists for centuries ; Alfred Wallace's book, The Malay Archipelago was the first significant study of the area's natural history, and remains an important resource for studying Indonesian biodiversity.

The OMB has designated Panama City, Lynn Haven, and Panama City Beach as the metropolitan statistical area's principal cities.

It also includes the large offshore St. Lawrence Island, which has about 14 percent of the census area's population and two of its larger cities in Gambell and Savoonga.

Golders Green Crematorium is perhaps the area's most famous feature, and has an extensive garden with features such as a special children's section and a pond.

Since 2010, Stoke Newington has also had its own literary festival, created to celebrate the area's literary and radical history.

The area's main thoroughfare is Wood Street, which has a good selection of shops and local businesses, and is served by railway, with a station on the Liverpool Street to Chingford line.

Whitley County's economy has always relied heavily on its natural resources, particularly coal and timber, as the area's heavily forested, mountainous terrain contains abundant sources of such material.

The county's nearness to Atlanta and the Blue Ridge mountains and bordering Lake Sidney Lanier has attracted many of the Metro area's new residents.

Interest in industrial development has been spurred by the area's high population growth, tremendous growth at the Georgia ports and the ever-growing economy of coastal Georgia.

The area's economic activity has shifted toward ranching.

However, Wroxham has almost merged with Hoveton – each village growing on one bank of the river – with much of the area's commercial activity developing in Hoveton.

One unique challenge that the team encountered early on was related to deph perception, the team remedied through the use of shadows: Every object in the game has a shadow directly below it regardless of the area's lighting.

By 1980, it had grown to 30, 000, and it has since paced the Phoenix metropolitan area's high rate of growth, with vast suburban residential areas swallowing former agricultural plots.

The city has one of the state's highest percentage of Latinos, a large majority of them are seasonal migrant laborers who arrive and temporarily work in the area's agricultural sector.

One aquifer has several natural hot springs in the Desert Hot Springs Sub-Basin and they support the area's spas and resorts.

The layout and shape of these lots has left a distinctive mark on the area's subsequent development.