Lakes and rivers were teeming with many species of fish, birds and aquatic mammals.

In general, rivers have not cut valleys to the sea in the western part of the region.

Lakes and rivers constitute 20,1 (295 km2) of the total area of the city.

The total area of snowfields and glaciers was estimated to be about 104 square kilometers in the early 1970s.

Various chemicals and other dangerous substances from illegal laboratories are polluting lakes, rivers and seas and are harming both flora and fauna.

Traces of former small slope and cirque glaciers in the form of buried ground ice deposits are preserved on Zhokhov Island.

Heat waves, droughts, floods, forest fires, retreating glaciers, polluted rivers, and extreme storms buffet the planet at a dramatically rising rate, owing to human activities.

Many of the world s largest cities, built on seacoasts and rivers, face the threat of rising sea levels and intensifying storms.

After all, territory including land, oceans, air space, rivers, and seabeds is central to a country s identity, and shapes its security and foreign policy.

This part of China s southwest, known for its abundant rainfall, mountains, underground rivers and caves, and tropical flora, has recently been gripped by a drought that many say is the worst since the Ming Dynasty.

We have made whatever exists on the earth its adornment to test and try them ( and ) know who acts better

We have indeed placed all that is on the earth as its adornment in order that We may test them , who among them has the best deeds .

We have appointed all that is on the earth for an adornment for it , and that We may try which of them is fairest in works

Verily We have made whatsoever is on the earth as an adornment thereof , that We may prove them which of them is best in work .

Verily ! We have made that which is on earth as an adornment for it , in order that We may test them ( mankind ) as to which of them are best in deeds . i.e. those who do good deeds in the most perfect manner , that means to do them ( deeds ) totally for Allah 's sake and in accordance to the legal ways of the Prophet SAW .

We made what is upon the earth an ornament for it , to test them as to which of them is best in conduct .

Surely We have made all that is on the earth an embellishment for it in order to test people as to who of them is better in conduct .

Lo ! We have placed all that is on the earth as an ornament thereof that We may try them which of them is best in conduct .

Indeed We have made whatever is on the earth an adornment for it that We may test them to see which of them is best in conduct .

We have appointed all that is on the earth an adornment for it , in order that We try which of them is finest in works .

Indeed , We have made that which is on the earth adornment for it that We may test them as to which of them is best in deed .

We have caused earthly things to seem attractive so that We can see who will excel in good deeds .

Surely We have made whatever is on the earth an embellishment for it , so that We may try them ( as to ) which of them is best in works .

We have adorned the earth with attractive things , so that We may test mankind as to which one is best in conduct ,

That which is on earth we have made but as a glittering show for the earth , in order that We may test them as to which of them are best in conduct .

But China is now pursuing major inter basin and inter river water transfer projects on the Tibetan plateau, which threatens to diminish international river flows into India and other co riparian states.

Future regulations should provide for a guard service for waters and rivers with clearly defined instructions on monitoring, reporting, guarding, protecting and maintenance of water resources.

The only rivers on which no hydro engineering works have been undertaken so far are the Indus, whose basin falls mostly in India and Pakistan, and the Salween, which flows into Burma and Thailand.

They identified the main sources of debris in the ocean and in coastal areas as poorly managed landfills, waste carried by wind from urban areas and by sewage systems and rivers into the ocean, as well as shipping.

According to the author, the State party's argument that he can fish in lakes and rivers further away from the Hiawatha reserve fails to take into account the concepts of aboriginal territory as these lakes are not within the traditional territory of the Hiawatha First Nation.

The Nile crocodile is quite widespread throughout Sub Saharan Africa, occurring mostly in the central, eastern, and southern regions of the continent and lives in different types of aquatic environments such as lakes, rivers and marshlands.

The project, based on collaboration with water experts globally, collected data and information in 66 GIWA subregions on the state of international waters, freshwater basins, transboundary rivers, coastal marine waters and large marine ecosystems.

9.3 The State party further states that in addition the author can obtain a recreational fishing license enabling him to fish in the lakes and rivers of the Kawartha Lakes region surrounding the Hiawatha First Nation reserve from May to November.

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