1.   Rice fields extend over two-thirds of the area.

2.   The fields extend for miles without a break.

3.   Between them, fields of sugar cane extend across the central isthmus from mountain to sea.

4.   Moisture-starved fields now extend from eastern Iowa and northern Missouri to central Indiana, a USDA crop-weather analyst said.

5.   The driest fields extend from Missouri across southern Illinois and Ohio, where both topsoil and sub-soil moisture is below average.

6.   The field extends into the sea bottom and is distorted slightly if any metal is present.

7.   The field also may extend into an area where British Petroleum Co. has a license to explore.

8.   Beasley said she did not know if this anticipated debris field extended onto land in the Gulf.

9.   Beasley said she did not know if this anticipated debris field extended onto land in the Persian Gulf.

10.   The stress field extends over a wide area, however, on land and under the sea.