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Grassed waterway in Velm, Belgium, during a sunny day. A grassed waterway is a 2-metre (6.6 ft) to 48-metre-wide (157 ft) native grassland strip of green belt.It is generally installed in the thalweg, the deepest continuous line along a valley or watercourse, of a cultivated dry valley in order to control erosion.
Seagrass meadows are predominantly found in clear, sandy-bottomed, surf-free, shallow waters, as found off the coast of Belize, in the Amatique Bay, and in Graciosa Bay. [54] They cover some 3,750 hectares (37.5 km 2 ) of the Gulf, reaching a density of some 133 plants per square foot (1,433 plants per m 2 ). [ 54 ]
Bodies of water of the Caribbean region in North America. For the sea, ... Bodies of water of Saint Martin (island) (2 C, 1 P) B. Bays of the Caribbean (15 C, 9 P) C.
The Caribbean Sea. Most of the Caribbean countries are islands in the Caribbean Sea, with only a few in inland lakes. The largest islands include Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico. Some of the smaller islands are referred to as a rock or reef. Islands are listed in alphabetical order by sovereign state.
Trinidad and Tobago is home to about 99 species of terrestrial mammals. About 65 of the mammalian species in the islands are bats (including cave roosting, tree and cavity roosting bats and even foliage-tent-making bats; all with widely differing diets from nectar and fruit, to insects, small vertebrates such as fish, frogs, small birds and rodents and even those that consume vertebrate blood).
Underwater earthquakes pose a threat of generating tsunamis, which could have devastating effects on the Caribbean islands. Scientific data reveals that during the past 500 years, the area has seen a dozen earthquakes above 7.5 magnitude. [11] Most recently, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, on January 12, 2010. List of islands in the ...
The Magdalena River basin extends from the Andes through the Magdalena River valley and into the Caribbean plains, where major tributaries integrate into the floodplain. The massive Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta is situated between the delta and the base of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
It includes bodies of water that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This is a container category . Due to its scope, it should contain only subcategories .