It is expected, according to Gathy, the architect, to include a 13-foot-wide river meandering through the desert sands, gardens and villas.

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The august colleges, hushed quadrangles, manicured lawns and cobbled laneways give way to "The Backs, " a stretch of picturesque gardens bordering the meandering River Cam.

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As a braided river, typified by shallow, meandering channels separated by sandbars, it is an ideal crane habitat.

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Meandering in a wilderness of boulders, the river was stone-coloured.

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