The merging of river estuaries, protected from the relentless Atlantic swell by the vast granite bulk of the Lizard peninsula, has created a magical landscape: silent wooded creeks, secluded beaches and rolling hills that drop gently into the sea.
Blue spaces; water bodies such as canals, ponds, creeks, rivers, beaches, etc.
Blue spaces; water bodies such as canals, ponds, creeks, rivers, beaches, etc. Green spaces (eg, roof gardens, city parks, courtyards) and 'greenery'; forests, nature reserves/parks, mountains, farmland, trees, landscaping.
While I pick my way across a creek behind the beach, I find myself listening anxiously for howls from the hillside behind me — other surfers arriving and seeing the swell.
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His Otter Creek Tents share the white sand beach, saltwater creek and excellent restaurant with the more expensive houses.
While their house gets put back together, Mr. and Ms. Hogan; their two sons, Jamie and Jack; and their unfortunately named 4-year-old Labrador retriever, Stormy, have been able to remain in their idyllic little neighborhood, the Pine Point Association, which is sandwiched between a creek and a private beach on Long Island Sound.
The creek arrives at the beach carrying a load of urban-runoff pollution, however, and Ms. Skei said more runoff, from two golf courses and thousands of cars and homes, would most likely have sullied its waters further had the project gone ahead.
There's plenty of work to do at all scales: from the beach or creek in your back yard and the grocery store shelves, to the materials labs at leading universities and the capitols and legislatures of the world.
Lying upriver from Manaus on the Rio Negro it's a naturalist's paradise, with its creeks, swamps and beaches.
Cath1984 Bazaruto archipelago, Vilanculos Vilanculos has silted-up creeks and dirty beaches but a short and picturesque dhow ride will take you to the Bazaruto archipelago nature reserve.
