Now they were on their own, carrying the hopes of scientists who are trying to preserve one of the last pristine stretches of the river.

Millennium would slash through a pristine 2.5-mile stretch of the New Croton Reservoir watershed, which supplies unfiltered drinking water to 900,000 people each day.

He looked down the long, pristine stretch of beach.

Nestling on a pristine stretch of coastline, it is less built up than the crane-filled main beach area of Al Sufouh and has a decent 18-hole golf course.

In fact it is a pristine stretch of millionaires' mansions nestled behind mile-high hedges.

Today, in a Burma in political turmoil, most of the old road is a crumbling ruin, except for one pristine stretch near Myitkyina.

But height restrictions, a state park that includes a pristine stretch of beach, and the taste level set by Seaside's architects keep the area comparatively civilized.

This pristine stretch of sand is within a stone's throw of the swish, 19th-century red-turreted Hotel del Coronado, on the former Naval island.

First-timers will be changed forever after they lay their eyes on a pristine stretch of Amazon.

It may not be Australia's most pristine stretch of sand, but Bondi Beach, which is just six miles from downtown Sydney, can still pull a crowd.