In Inner Mongolia, the Tengger Desert has advanced through once-verdant areas, with sand dunes up to 100 meters tall swallowing grasslands, lakes and farms.
Behind her, verdant woods are visible through panoramic windows.
The complex system of water canals that channel rainfall from the surrounding hills has been rebuilt, turning the sere hillside into a verdant oasis.
City considers selling surplus open lots around Helena The verdant splash of green grass at the intersection of Cruse Avenue and Broadway would hardly draw a second glance from those driving or walking by.
June 10, 2013 - Helena Independent Record
Residents say I-69 workers using woods as toilet There's a scatological term that can be applied to what's happening to the people whose lives and lifestyles will be forever altered by the new terrain construction of I-69 through the verdant rolling hills near Bloomington.
June 10, 2013 - WLWT-TV Cincinnati
Verdant to Acquire Hybrid Power System Developer Windstrip BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- VRDT Corporation (OTCQB:VRDT) ("Verdant") announced today that it has agreed to acquire Windstrip Hong Kong Limited ("Windstrip") in exchange for approximately ...
June 6, 2013 - GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance
Sarah McLachlan in New York Times Tofino's a close-knit town at the end of the world, surrounded by verdant green rain forests, raw ocean and a peaceful inlet,Ms. McLachlan said. "I was very lucky to have been able to buy up here four years ago, and now I want to cry every...
Paul Newman in Globe and Mail In a 1969 print interview, Newman said he shot the film in Connecticut "because I very much wanted to contrast the schoolteacher's rather arid, dry existence with the lush, verdant spring background."
Christopher Plummer in Earthtimes (press release) Plummer, who played Captain von Trapp in the 1965 classic movie The Sound of Music and who has travelled in Russia, agreed: "It's very like Russia here, with the woods and the verdant nature."