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  • In the uncertain lands between the Cody Scarp and the sea, kin of that pig got good at avoiding alligators in the creeks and feeding off poison ivy.

    Dream State Diane Roberts 2008

  • There was even one, San Martín de Tomoli, there on the Cody Scarp where one day the Americans would build a log hut and call it a capital.

    Dream State Diane Roberts 2008

  • Its southeastern boundary is the Surry Scarp that divides it from the middle-elevation terraces of Ecoregion 63e.

    Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA) 2008

  • Steep, forested valleys surround the Murray River near the Darling Scarp, leading to the more open jarrah and wandoo (Eucalyptus wandoo) woodlands further east on clayey soils.

    Southwest Australia woodlands 2008

  • In this shot by Skycat and from left to right, I recognize Scarp Godenot, Jurin Juran and Sidewinder Linden.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Alpha Auer 2008

  • Further south, the ecoregion includes the forests of the Nguruman Scarp in southern Kenya and Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt. Meru, and Ngorongoro in northern Tanzania (to 04. 00° S).

    East African montane forests 2008

  • In this shot by Skycat and from left to right, I recognize Scarp Godenot, Jurin Juran and Sidewinder Linden.

    The incredible avatars at the NPIRL Halloween Parties: "Take Two" provided by Skycat Ranger Bettina Tizzy 2008

  • Urban expansion reaches as far east as the Darling Scarp and has spread in a north-south direction as well.

    Swan Coastal Plain scrub and woodlands 2007

  • South of Perth down to Cape Naturaliste, the Swan Coastal Plain forms a low-lying belt 25 kilometers (km) to 30 km wide, bordered to the east by the Darling Scarp and the Precambrian Yilgarn Block.

    Swan Coastal Plain scrub and woodlands 2007

  • Scarp cleaning and profiling previously excavated trenches has revealed bone and shell artifacts, potsherds dating from 500 B.C. to A.D. 1000, and debitage from canoe-making.

    Miami Circle $2 Million Short 1999

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