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Specific dates for berm occurrence came from both observations and interviews.

Slush-ice berm formation on the west coast of Alaska

It is 10 feet deep and surrounded by berms that are 14 feet high.

NY County calls for clean up of CWM pond, fearing nuclear waste

4 to 7, provides an interesting picture of berm erosion processes: how it starts and ends.

Field observation of morpho-dynamic processes during storms at a Pacific beach, Japan: role of long-period waves in storm-induced berm erosion

The berm home is built in a concrete shell that is sheathed in rubber to keep moisture out.

Life in a berm; Surrounded by earth, Southboro house makes the most of the sun

Today, ranges are more often partitioned with berms, walls or tunnels separating the firing lines, but the caution still applies.

At home on the range

Concerning their village, which now is surrounded by dirt berms, and fearing further bombers, Abdul-Rahman Munim Bawar, 45, explained: "It is impossible to live in-between berms." He added that their children feel more frightened at seeing berms and tightened security measures around them.

Minorities hide among dirt barriers

As the airplane lifted off, the landing gear struck a snow berm at the end of the runway and the airplane nosed over.

Cirrus SR22

In the first solution, researchers found that two rovers weighing 330 pounds each would take less than six months to build a berm around a landing site to block the sandblasting effect.

Mower-sized robots may help prepare NASA's Moon landing pad

To plant the berms. Walker arranged low-growing varieties at the base and tallest ones at the top so that all plants are in view.

Lawn-free and loving it: landscape designer Roberta Walker, tired of endlessly watering, weeding, and mowing the 50-foot square lawn in her Sacramento front yard, got rid of her turf and started over

"Our parking lot was filling up from the storm sewer system prior to it filling up from the river coming over the berm," Chizek says.

Quaker Oats

A young girl was found behind the berm suffering from a gunshot wound."

INTERNATIONAL: Car bomb blitz in shopping area; IRAQ

While 2d Platoon leveled the huge berm, 3d Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, provided security.