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  • Xerophytic and in some places halophytic plant communities of the desert and semi-desert are dominant, with azonal vegetation in the larger river-valleys and around the lakes.

    Great Lakes Basin desert steppe 2007

  • The fauna of the thickets at the bottom of the river-valleys is decidedly, rich and includes aquatic birds.

    Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Various

  • And they began to roam through delightful woods and ever charming mountains and picturesque river-valleys.

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • Through river-valleys and cornland farms, sweeping away her best.

    Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans" Various

  • As one descends to the south, the river-valleys widen, the soil falls rapidly, and consequently the variation of climate, soil, animals, and plants is much more abrupt than that occasioned by a mere change of latitude.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

  • A dozen little brooks are born high among the western spruces on Coniston to score deep, cool valleys in their way through Clovelly township to the broad music of the water and fresh river-valleys full of the music of the water and fresh with the odor of the ferns.

    Coniston — Volume 01 Winston Churchill 1909

  • A dozen little brooks are born high among the western spruces on Coniston to score deep, cool valleys in their way through Clovelly township to the broad music of the water and fresh river-valleys full of the music of the water and fresh with the odor of the ferns.

    Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

  • A dozen little brooks are born high among the western spruces on Coniston to score deep, cool valleys in their way through Clovelly township to the broad music of the water and fresh river-valleys full of the music of the water and fresh with the odor of the ferns.

    Coniston — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

  • The old church must have looked down on many a wild and curious scene in the days when Scot and Englishman sought only opportunities to do each other an injury, and the river-valleys were the natural passes through which the tide of invasion, raid, and reprisal flowed.

    Northumberland Yesterday and To-day 1908

  • Through river-valleys and corn-land farms, sweeping away her best.

    Twilight stories 1905

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