Sentence examples for built on a river from inspiring English sources

The next lock is Compton Lock, the only one built on a river section.

Crystal Island was to be built on a river island near Moscow.

Unlike similar research stations at the South Pole, where an underlying continent has allowed countries to build sophisticated science villages, the Arctic encampment had to be built on a river of ice that rises off the Siberian coast, then grinds its way through the Fram Strait east of Greenland.

This dam, which is being built on a river that runs almost dry a large part of the year, will be a very inefficient project ­running at 10% of its capacity during the driest months.

A water vole sanctuary is being built on a Dorset river.

On Ambleside, there's a house built on a bridge over a river.

But in fact, Los Angeles was built on a basin of rivers and streams that stretch 51 miles from the Valley to Long Beach, and it's undergoing a 20-year revitalization effort to get green, clean, and pretty for all Angelenos to enjoy.

Bou Nouara, built on a rock overhanging the river bed, is the poorest of the towns.

Bekker said that the training pitches are built on a base of silica and river sand, overlaid with soil and finally a special mesh that allows the grassroots to grip and develop.

Now, the plan provides for a $91 million, 40,000-seat stadium to be built on a former United Technologies airfield across the river in East Hartford and to be used primarily for college football and college soccer.

When the bridge fell, it was still the most recent river crossing built on a new site in Minneapolis.