Sentence examples for because the upper basin from inspiring English sources

Lake Powell, fed by rain and snowmelt that create the Colorado and tributaries, has risen more than 60 feet from a 2004 low because the upper basin states, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah, do not use their full allocations.

The river has reduced its flow because the blocking of the upper basin by terminal moraines during the Upper Pleistocene.

Because the river flows in a northerly direction, the upper basin is located in the headwaters of the river at its southernmost point.

The upper basin is the basin of Venice.

The only significant economic activity is gold mining in the upper basin.

The upper basin provides a minimum annual flow of 8.23 million acre feet to Arizona, Nevada and California.

Wind River, master stream of the upper basin, originates in the high areas of the Wind River and Absaroka Mountains in northwestern Wyoming.

Turning north, it passes out of the upper basin through Wind River Canyon, a deep, spectacular gorge through the Owl Creek Mountains.

In the upper basin an extensive network of ponds aids irrigation; these ponds are also used for raising fish.

The towboat Mississippi is more than halfway down the Atchafalaya now — beyond the leveed farmland of the upper basin and into the storied swamp.

The dimension of the lower basin was 100 × 140 cm2 and the dimension of the upper basin was 100 × 100 cm2.