Floods are no more frequent today than they were 120 years ago, when lush forests were abundant.
Three basaltic peaks soared high above the lush forests, the surrounding water a milky dark green hue due to the volcanic sand below.
"It's very dangerous, " says Sam Kabonge, a fisherman from the Bugala island in Lake Victoria, a tropical patch of land boasting sandy shores and lush forests.
In this idyllic part of the Var region, wild boar roam the lush forests that are home to what gourmands consider the world's finest mushrooms and truffles.
It is a short drive from Stirling on to the town of Callander, where you can do some afternoon cycling around the lush forests of the Trossachs.
Childe ascribed the shift to climate change, to conditions that dried up the lush forests and plains: humans and animals were drawn together at the last remaining oases, where proximity led to domestication, sedentism, and agriculture.
Taylor's elegant government villa is perched on the bend of Diamond Hill, looking onto Nigeria's wide Cross River and the lush green forests beyond.
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This gigantic chasm at the heart of Kaua'i is one of the island's greatest natural wonders, and its red-and-black-striated lava-rock walls contrasted with the lush green forests that blanket its top is a true sight to behold.
Intel gets all the credit for being the brains inside most computers, but without Nvidia's graphics cards there would be no high-definition Web video, no visual kick from battling aliens in the lush digital forests of the Crysis game.
Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) gets all the credit for being the brains inside most computers, but without Nvidia's graphics cards there would be no high-definition Web video, no visual kick from battling aliens in the lush digital forests of the Crysis game.
With more than 20 feet of rain a year, these forests are as wet - and correspondingly lush - as a tropical rainforest.
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