1.   ...bands of natural vegetation between strips of crops.

2.   The rate of increase of river flow will be greater in the urbanized basin than it would be if the basin were still covered by natural vegetation.

3.   Although the homes will be within shouting distance of one another, each lot retains much of the natural vegetation and therefore a woodland character.

4.   Baku is on the arid Absheron Peninsula and there is little natural vegetation.

5.   But as farmers planted grass and trees and allowed natural vegetation to return, conservation benefits began to emerge.

6.   Natural vegetation is springing up again, but there is a long way to go in cleansing the ecosystem of vegetative pollution.

7.   The land is plowed up and herbicided, destroying natural vegetation and driving out most of its creatures.

8.   Over the years, a lack of natural predators allowed the foreign invaders to expand their domain, colonizing and wiping out fragile natural vegetation.

9.   But the rest shrinks each year as farmers slash and burn trees and natural vegetation to plant rice and other crops.

10.   Hillsides denuded of trees and other natural vegetation become prone to landslides.