Sentence examples for blocking water from inspiring English sources

Desiccation is fostered by drying winds or by the frozen soil blocking water from the plant's roots.

How do all these wet basements stay dry? "Basements 15 years ago were all about blocking water – tanking," says Merritt. "And tanking would invariably fail at some point.

Not to mention words for blocking water, avoiding it, diverting it, using it, controlling it, policing it, and naming where it appears.

This layer significantly affected the water cycle by blocking water exchange between the upper and lower soil layers.

If oil swelling displaces the blocking water completely, direct contact between solvent and oil can be achieved which results in high oil recovery.

In this study, a moving mesh technique is applied to simulate swelling of a trapped oil blob by CO2 diffusion through a blocking water at pore scale.

If the crusts are thick enough, they can block water from circulating between the fuel rods.

In addition, the oil significantly blocked water sorption in the samples (p < 0.05).

Mr. Davis said the Point House addition would block water views from the lighthouse and break its historical connection with the ocean.

Farmers rigged an irrigation line into a canal today in defiance of a federal order that has blocked water for crops to save endangered fish.

Several studies have advised the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to move quickly to increase pumping capacity at stations, raise entrances and design floodgates to block water from entering.