Sentence examples for amounts of sediment from inspiring English sources

In contrast, the Delaware Basin received relatively minor amounts of sediment from the low coastal plains.

The Brahmaputra moves enormous amounts of sediment, while making and breaking river banks and thousands of islands.

Tsunamis transport large amounts of sediment and can leave recognisable signatures in the landscape.

However, application to the limited amounts of sediment porewater requires a different approach.

Gully erosion contributes large amounts of sediment within watersheds around the world.

"We know that land clearing is driving massive amounts of sediment out on to the reef and that is one of the biggest threats to the reef".

Ridd repeated claims the Great Barrier Reef was not in trouble from human-caused global warming or from increased amounts of sediment in the water.

It may be that alternating trenching and filling results when fan processes change during variations of climate that produce different amounts of sediment, rainfall, and discharge.

The permit was issued just days before extensive flooding hit north and central Queensland, spilling large amounts of sediment into the marine environment.

Officials counted on the hydroelectric dam to block large amounts of sediment in the Susquehanna from reaching the bay and smothering aquatic grasses and affecting other wildlife.

These conditions can only be met if a catastrophe dumped massive amounts of sediment on the organisms while they were still alive.