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1
From around 1300, windmills were developed to pump water off
low
-
lying
land
.
2
A plan to build hundreds of houses in
low
-
lying
land
in Christchurch has been approved.
3
Advocates say the proposal plays to Nicaragua's natural strengths, which include
low
-
lying
land
and the lake.
4
Flooding and extreme weather events linked to climate change threaten disasters in the future in this
low
-
lying
land
.
5
The river had surged over its banks near the plant and filled in
low
-
lying
land
near the Cooper plant.
6
Many of these displaced people live on
low
-
lying
land
next to rivers that has been cleared by building dykes.
7
The
low
-
lying
land
in The Netherlands (Netherlands literally means
low
-
lying
land
)
requires the country to be heavily flood-proofed.
8
In the late summer it is used for the transit of the hay which is grown on the
low-lying
land
.
9
Over half of Africa's 37 biggest cities, each home to more than one million residents, are built on
low
-
lying
land
.
10
Purmerend is half an hour north of Amsterdam in the polders, the
low
-
lying
land
reclaimed from water that dominates northern Holland.
11
Many of the people displaced by the floods live on
low
-
lying
land
next to rivers that has been cleared by building dykes.
12
The
low
-
lying
land
also flooded in July, affecting at least 39,000 people, most of them recently returned refugees.
13
At the height of the gale, Inuit families camped on
low
-
lying
land
along the Arctic coast had to be airlifted out by helicopter.
14
Below him he saw a valley opening out into a sweep of
low
-
lying
land
,
watered by many lochs, and bounded by heather hills.
15
North Carolina is among the state's most vulnerable to sea level rise with its long coastline and thousands of square miles of
low
-
lying
land
.
16
It said: "There may be some flooding of
low
-
lying
land
and roads, some disruption to travel and possibly flooding to individual properties."
low-lying
land
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