They are the nurseries of the ocean, where many species of fish and shrimp breed and serve as a buffer against coastal erosion in a region where much of the population livesin low-lying areas.

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After half an hour or so, the Tahoe drives up to a gated complex with a barbed wire fence and from there to a small low-lying building surrounded by a handful of Iraqis in jumpsuits.

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The flood region is a low-lying prairie, and water about thigh-deep spread over a broad region, inundating homes and cars.

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Oakwood Beach, a low-lying oceanfront neighborhood, is one of those areas, the governor said.

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