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Outer Island Nature Reserve
Thrush singing on the east-facing slope. These two Islands carry good stands of mature and in places, very dense tussac grass. Sea lions use both ... the south-east corner of the island, where large numbers of Sea Lion have worn highways into the tussac from the shore. The ... island held over 1% of the Falkland's breeding population of Sea Lion. Other species breeding on the island are: Rock Shag (140 ...
www.falklandsconservation.com

RBGE Press Release: Boxwood
'The Red List represents just the tip of the iceberg, with ... . Just one living St Helena Boxwood was found amongst six dead bushes on a sea-facing slope 100 metres above sea level. The plant is suffering from an attack of mealy bug and moth ...
www.rbg.ca

Grundy house
The land is characterised by the shale soil on the hill top with its west facing slope, the slope of the escarpment ravines, and stunted revegetation from the direct drilling seeding of the ... westward including southward down the Bremer Valley over Callington township toward the sea. The site therefore gets the regular afternoon sea breeze 'doctor' winds common to such locations. The house was ...
www.emilis.sa.on.net

Pacific Hydro - FAQs
In mountain areas, as the air on the slopes is heated, it rises to the top of the mountains. At night, the wind direction is reversed and becomes a down-slope ... agree that climate change is the biggest environmental threat facing the world today. Essentially, increased levels of greenhouse gas ...
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2007 IUCN Red List – Search
C. (South Atlantic Island Plants Red List Authority) Justification: This taxon is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild in ... scree boulders on the southern, sea-facing slope of Lot’s Wife about 100 m. above sea level. This site is currently ... (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) 13.1 Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands Threats Threats: The population ...
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Southern California Climate
However, in the summers, the north slopes may hold the moisture longer than the south slopes. North facing slope As with any natural feature, you will find many exceptions to these observations. Many habitats exist in the mountains, with the major factors being exposure to the sun, moisture, slope of ...
www.lalc.k12.ca.us

Adventure Magazine: May/June 2000 @ nationalgeographic.com
Britain’s Paul Pritchard was climbing the Totem Pole, a sea stack in Tasmania, when a plummeting rock crushed his skull. ... ocean. The Totem Pole, which has been called the most beautiful sea stack in the world, had received only one free ascent. Pritchard ... was entirely cloaked in cloud forest. Now a huge swath of west-facing slope—and the pesky stone structures thereon—have been cleared to make ...
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Plants For A Future - Annuals in the Perennial Garden
Therefore, when selecting a position to grow them amongst annuals you usually need ... once came across some plants growing at a height of 150 metres above sea level on a north-facing slope in Shropshire. These were not only thriving, but were self-sowing very happily ...
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One's View of Mt. Rainier - Open Spaces Magazine
Mount Rainier, which rises in solitary splendor from sea level near the Cascade Mountains but not quite in them. ... . From south- or east-facing slopes, or any level spot, Mount Rainier is readily visible. (North-facing slopes afford views of Mount Baker ... Quitslund's words. Our beloved house stood perched on a south-facing slope. It had a house below it. That other house had only ...
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History of the Cornwall Site
Cornwall is a very windy county and, with ‘The Field’ being only 2 miles from the sea, the site is very exposed to strong ... heavy rains had washed hundreds of tons of soil and newly planted potatoes down the slope, flooding a nearby house, with some of the potatoes ending up in the stream ½ mile ...
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