Its characteristic features are the landforms shaped by the Ice Age: glacial ridges, pine and lichen-clad heaths, kettle holes and small ponds filled with crystal clear water.

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In the global economy, however, small ponds are at a disadvantage: Whereas baseball's popularity mostly resides in North America and the Pacific Rim, soccer is watched by the entire globe.

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He points to the success of micro-irrigation in semi-arid Gujarat, whose agriculture has grown at an average of 9.6% a year since the turn of the century, partly thanks to the creation of 500, 000 small ponds, dams and suchlike.

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Rutgers, along with a small New Jersey company -- Phytotech -- is field testing sunflowers in the polluted ponds near the Chernobyl nuclear plant.

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