water meadow

These place names might have derived from old water meadows.

Until then the area was covered by water meadows.

Servants had set up a small rounded tent in the middle of the water meadow.

Some low flower made a bright gold carpet along the water meadows.

Much of the land to the south of the town centre is old water meadow.

They were on low water meadows, now covered with frost-dry grass.

We decided we ought to give people the opportunity to see some of the water meadow.

The main income from his sister's estate came from the water meadows.

It was here that they converged on the margins of a sprawling water meadow.

The development of water meadows has intensified and river basins have been shortened.

Nothing stirred in the water meadows or on the tree-clad island hills.

Grass grew thick and green in the water meadows as the marshes dried.

The southern tip of the lake is dotted with bays and water meadows.

This faces out on to a flooded water meadow full of grazing buffaloes.

It was used for trade purposes and also for flooding the water meadows on each side.

They say they run them in the water meadows, and they're fathered by the river spirit.

The main river in the district is the Elbe, which meanders through water meadows.

For a moment he looked out across the water meadow, enjoying the night's stillness, the beauty of the full moon overhead.

Li Yuan frowned, then turned, staring across the water meadow, but again there was nothing.

Environmental campaigners have won their battle to stop a bypass being built across ancient water meadows.

The elegant house was set on a slight rise above water meadows on the edge of the town.

Farming of the water meadows continued until around 1930, after the closure of the navigation itself.

It is rumoured that an oil rig is to be set up on the local water meadows.

This point was appreciated by members of the audience thinking of Alton's own water meadow problem.

Along the Berkshire bank there are water meadows.