In particular, chapter 6 recurs to the peculiar unhealthiness of the marshlands which is attributed partly to endemic malaria.
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To construct it in the place which was mostlymarshlandwas a technically very demanding project.
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The presence of algae statospores in this level indicate that the soils were from a wetmarshlandenvironment.
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Consequently, there could have been a dramatic increase in the carrying capacity for fish and water fowl when a more profitable foragingmarshlandwas created.
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Instead, the real motivation behind the ordinance seems to have been to prevent the tops of oil derricks from being seen by existing homes on the bluffs overlooking themarshland.
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Towns were not uniformly 'consumers of men', and the key epidemiological divide in this region was not between town and countryside but betweenmarshlandand non-marsh terrain.
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In addition to a more reliable or permanent source of water, the vast marshlands would have been an incredibly productive environment in terms of wildlife, fiber resources, and organic soils.
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If draining stops,marshlandand wetland will return; if grazing stops, scrubland will return on pasture and open woodland—and, eventually, mature deciduous woodland—will reappear.
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In the north-western part of my constituency, there are a number of growers of hard and soft fruits in themarshlandarea.
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The area devoted to energy use is very small compared to the areas ofmarshlandused in forestry and agriculture.
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They led over moorland,marshlandand other rough land in the country.
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There is some indication of small-scale activity around the periphery of the marshlands but no evidence of any renewal of major offensive operations.
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Finally, we have conducted a huge scientific survey and report onmarshlanddrainage.
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The average amount of land under water ormarshlanddue to mining subsidence is 243 acres.
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What has happened in the marshlands is the most recent and perhaps the most horrible thing of all.
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