inland
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Guernsey Nature Commission said there had been a 95% decline in the European eel population since the 1980s due largely to freshwater habitat loss and barriers to inland feeding grounds.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Over tens of millions of years, the giant cliff system would have gradually migrated inland as erosion wore it down.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
The Rhine fell to just 9½ inches at the critical shipping bottleneck of Kaub, Germany, this summer, severely restricting inland freight transport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
The city plans to move 600 feet of roadway farther inland next year to improve safety and reduce the effects of future erosion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The countless fish bones in inland Caral and Huaricanga and the fruit seeds and cotton nets in shoreline Aspero are evidence that they swapped one for the other.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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