Beneath it, stretching all the way to the feet of Ubirr, lies a huge and perfectly flat, lettuce-green flood plain, through which the lazy curves of the East Alligator River meander.

BBC: Australia��s Top End

The worst-affected areas are the fertile Hauran plain, south of Damascus, and the wheat-belt east of the Euphrates river.

ECONOMIST: Syria

General Description Bordered to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, this biosphere reserve is situated in the lower coastal plain in the Carolinian-South Atlantic region close to the city of Charleston.

UNESCO: Biosphere Reserve Information