Most of the land in what is now the downtown core formed part of the estate of the Earl of Scarbrough and he, together with his agent H. V. Tippet, realised that the extensive sandy beach could be made attractive to holidaymakers from the industrial towns of the English Midlands, a clientele already developed by Thomas Cook.

These included Bandra, Juhu, an old linear sand bar rising just above sea level by a metre or two, Versova, Marve Island, Dharavi island and Rai Murdhe, all with a knoll core and fringing wave — cut platforms and sandy beaches.

Petra Lesvos is beginning to sprawl behind its broad, sandy beach and seafront square with a core of old stone houses, many with Levantine-style balconies overhanging the streets.

An excavation across a section of the inner bank in 1985 provided evidence for the bank's construction ; deposits of stony clay mounded up over a sandy gravel core.

At 4 PM, coarser sandy material and some pumice lapilli began to fall.

Since the town became linked by rail to Glasgow in 1878, it began to attract more visitors, particularly to the Hydropathic spa at Seamill and its neighbouring sandy beach.

His sandy hair was already beginning to thin and recede at the sides, and Abel looked quickly away.

What bits of Brumidi and Costaggini could be reached at either end seemed in good order, though the roughish sandy surface was thick with dust.

The natural beach at Hayling was predominantly sandy but in recent years it has been mechanically topped with shingle dredged from the bed of the Solent in an effort to reduce beach erosion and reduce the potential to flood low lying land.

There, the sandy dry lake bed soil was not enough to support large trees with the exception of a few species of oaks, forming a rare oak savanna.

According to Homer ( Odyssey iv: 412 ), the sandy island of Pharos situated off the coast of the Nile Delta was the home of Proteus, the oracular Old Man of the Sea and herdsman of the sea-beasts.

The Crusader force enjoyed early success against Shirkuh's troops, but the terrain was too steep and sandy for their horses, and commander Hugh of Caesarea was captured while attacking Saladin's unit.

The color name sandy brown first came into use in 1987, when this color was formulated as one of the X11 colors, which in the early 1990s became known as the X11 web colors.

The castle was built on Ørekrog, a sandy tongue of land stretching into the sea from the coast of Zealand towards the coast of Scania.

There, the sandy, open strip on which the Romans could march easily was constricted by the hill, so that there was a gap of only about 100 m between the woods and the swampland at the edge of the Great Bog.

Until locks were installed to raise the level in the 1800s, the river was much shallower within the city most of the time, and consisted of a small channel of continuous flow bordered by sandy banks ( depicted in many illustrations of the period ).

After the region was finally investigated by the Land Conservation Council in 1986 two more blocks to the west were added, thus covering all the sandy areas up to the South Australian border.

Its extensive sandy beach was awarded the Blue Flag rural beach award in 2005.

It was a natural island in the Alboran Sea until 1934, when a huge thunderstorm washed large quantities of sand in the short channel between the island and the African continent Ever since, it has been a peninsula, currently connected to the Moroccan coast by an 85 m long sandy isthmus, the world's shortest land border.

Worcester County was primarily an agricultural area from its inception, first planting tobacco, but when the quality produced in the area's sandy soil could not compete with that produced elsewhere, growing wheat, corn, and livestock.

At some time prior to the 10th century it would have been a fishing village on a sandy beach backed by pebbles and a creek, It was improved by the Count of Flanders in 997 and fortified by the Count of Boulogne in 1224.

The center of the village was nearly parallel to Biddle Avenue between Oak and Eureka streets near the river and its sandy beach, which was a welcome feature to the local tribesmen, as their main mode of transportation to the fort in Detroit was by birch bark canoe.

However, on the broad, fertile plateau, early settlers quickly discovered that Chase County's dark sandy loam soil was excellent for farming.

Sometimes he is shown on his ' hennu barque ' which was an elaborate sledge for negotiating the sandy necropolis.

Despite this the region of the underworld associated with Seker was seen as difficult, sandy terrain called the Imhet ( meaning ' filled up ' presumably with sand ).

Hunstanton Golf Club was founded in 1891 by Hamon Le Strange and is a 18 hole championship links laid out along the sandy coast of Old Hunstanton.

It is sixty metres long, six metres wide, lit by eighteen windows, with a sandy chalk tiled and slate floor and exposed joist ceiling.

The only exposed sediments of the Perth Basin, west of the fault, are of Cenozoic age, and comprise the material such as sandy limestone, travertine and dune sand on which the city of Perth is built, including sand dunes of Pleistocene age formed during the last Ice Age.

Most species are specialists, living in specific parts of the reef, such as sandy lagoons, steep reef slopes, or areas exposed to strong wave action.

In nature Corymbia ficifolia prefers infertile, sandy soils but it is readily adaptable to most temperate locations, provided it is not exposed to severe frost or sustained tropical damp.

The sandveld vegetation has a particular pattern of growth, rarely covering the whole terrain and thus leaving patches of sandy soil exposed on the surface.

One explanation for the phenomenon was the large amount of earthworks in connection with High Speed 1, which had exposed a great deal of the local sandy soil, which absorbed more sunshine.

The beaches of Karpathos island can be divided into four large groups: the beaches on the east coast are smaller and gravelly but without wind ; the beaches of the southern part of the island, near the airport, area made of fine white sand ; the sandy beach on the west coast are the most exposed to the Meltemi and they are only available in low wind conditions ; the beaches of the north of the island, accessible only by sea and partly by a jeep.

Using their root-like peduncles to anchor themselves in sandy or muddy substrate, the exposed portion of sea pens may rise up to in some species, such as the tall sea pen ( Funiculina quadrangularis ).

In sandy environments, they may bury themselves leaving only the head exposed.

The soil in this vicinity is sandy and was prone to wind erosion, and periodically human remains became exposed to the surface prior to the founding of the town.

According to their dynamic and morphological characteristics, exposed sandy beaches can be classified into several morphodynamic types ( Short & Wright 1983, Short 1996 ).

Till 1815, it was an open roadstead and exposed sandy coast, swept by occasional storms and monsoons.

When pipe-turf cannot be got conveniently, a good wedge drain may answer well, when the subsoil is a strong, stiff clay ; but if the subsoil be only moderately so, a thorn train, with couples below, will do still better ; and if the subsoil is very sandy, except pipes can be had, it is in vain to attempt under-training the fiel d by any other method.

Reports from exploring parties led by Lieutenant James Tuckey and surveyor George Harris described strong currents, sandy soil, poor timber, swampy land and scarce fresh water.

It shows a strong white wingbar in flight, and runs along the sandy beaches it prefers with a characteristic " bicycling " action, stopping frequently to pick small food items.

The soil generally is a sandy loam or a strong but friable clay, and very fertile.

A few years ago this island has a surface area of more than 5 hectares but strong waves brought by a strong typhoon washed out the sandy surface ( beach ) of the island leaving behind today the calcarenite foundation that can be seen at low tide.