Northern Sudan. 25-30 kg. Widespread milk goats of riverain and urban areas. From Wordnik.com. [1 Microcattle] Reference
Like so many other riverain tracts susceptible of cultivation, it once teemed with people, the villages along the banks appearing to be one continuous row of dwellings. From Wordnik.com. [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference
The re-occupation of the province of Dongola in 1896, freed the Nile up to Merawi, and gave the disaffected Kababish, Jaalin and riverain tribesmen a chance of reverting to their allegiance to the Khedive. From Wordnik.com. [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference
The Khalifa saw very clearly that he could not trust the riverain tribes. From Wordnik.com. [The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan] Reference
The Chenáb riverain is poor, the Jhelam very fertile with good well irrigation. From Wordnik.com. [The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir] Reference
And the same proposition is true of the people who inhabit the riverain shores of the. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution of Theology: an Anthropological Study] Reference
The moral effect of its capture upon the riverain tribes and throughout the Soudan would be enormous. From Wordnik.com. [The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan] Reference
The Dacotas, or Sioux, frequented the riverain lands, in the southern region watered by the great flood. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12] Reference
Well cultivation is not of much importance generally, though some of it in the Jamna riverain is excellent. From Wordnik.com. [The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir] Reference
Thirdly, he maintained among the desert and riverain people a balance of power on the side of his own tribe. From Wordnik.com. [The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan] Reference
If not -- and herein lies the true reason for the venture -- the riverain tribes would have received a crippling blow. From Wordnik.com. [The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan] Reference
There are two small riverain tracts on the Biás and Ráví and a poor piece of country in Ajnála flooded by the Sakkí. From Wordnik.com. [The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir] Reference
Osman Sheikh-ed-Din offered to lead the army, if he might arm the riverain tribes and use them as auxiliaries to swell his force. From Wordnik.com. [The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan] Reference
Fedil, containing a quantity of grain which he had collected from the riverain district, and, what was of more value, a sick but intelligent. From Wordnik.com. [The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan] Reference
References: Rue (f) du Moulin (m) = Mill Street; la mairie (f) = town hall; riverain(e) = riparian, riverside; la chaussette (f) = sock; pourquoi pas?. From Wordnik.com. [French Word-A-Day:] Reference
References: Rue (f) du Moulin (m) = Mill Street; la mairie (f) = town hall; riverain (e) = riparian, riverside; la chaussette (f) = sock; pourquoi pas?. From Wordnik.com. [la poule - French Word-A-Day] Reference
The cattle of the hills, N.W. Panjáb, and riverain tracts are undersized, but in the uplands of the Central Panjáb and S.E. districts fine oxen are used. From Wordnik.com. [The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir] Reference
The distribution will cover 18% of the current school population and represents 100% of students in the riverain communities and 10% of those on the coastland. From Wordnik.com. [Stabroek News] Reference
The riverain tribes were traitors -- dogs -- worthy only of being destroyed; and he enlarged upon the more refined methods by which his policy might be carried out. From Wordnik.com. [The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan] Reference
Owing to the extreme scantiness of the rainfall the riverain depends almost entirely on the Indus floods, to assist the spread of which a number of embankments are maintained. From Wordnik.com. [The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir] Reference
The riverain elite has dominated Sudanese political and economic life since independence, and its dominance has sparked recurrent rebellions in the peripheries-notably south Sudan and Darfur. From Wordnik.com. [Sudan Watch] Reference
The relaxation of the land laws was a game changer, altering settlement patterns by opening up lands on the Coast and in the riverain areas that had been legally inaccessible for sixty years. From Wordnik.com. [Stabroek News] Reference
Peoples of the peripheral regions of Sudan have endured decades of marginalization and discrimination by the riverain Arab elite in Khartoum, and they have grown increasingly frustrated and angry in recent years. From Wordnik.com. [sudanreeves.org] Reference
Saying that residents of riverain communities such as Bartica continue to suffer from neglect, PNCR-1G MP Judith David-Blair has referred to the 2010 budget as the one with the biggest promises from which Guyanese can expect very little. From Wordnik.com. [Stabroek News] Reference
But PPP/C MP Albert Atkinson said David-Blair was distorting the progress made in riverain communities and he pointed to Region Eight, saying a tremendous amount was accomplished last year based on the capital investments that went into the communities. From Wordnik.com. [Stabroek News] Reference
For the most part the district is divided into three tracts, the riverain, Hithár or Bet, with a poor clay soil and a weak population, the Utár, representing river deposits of an older date when the Sutlej ran far west of its present bed, and the Rohí, an upland plain of good sandy loam, now largely irrigated by the Sirhind. From Wordnik.com. [The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir] Reference
In descending the majestic stream, he recognized the Arkansas and other riverain tribes visited by Marquette; he traversed the territories of many other native nations, including the Chickasaws, the Taensas, the Chactas, and the Natchez -- the last of these rendered so celebrated, in times near our own, by the genius of Chateaubriand. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12] Reference
The riverain peoples devoured their seed-corn. From Wordnik.com. [The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan] Reference
146492), Songhay had transformed itself from a small riverain polity into a great empire. From Wordnik.com. [3. Historical Trends, 1000-1500] Reference
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