Sentence examples for complete inundation from inspiring English sources

The islands that make up the Maldives are threatened with complete inundation, probably by the end of the century, as ice sheets melt and sea levels rise catastrophically, thanks to global warming.

Unfortunately, the popular "mega-varieties" grown in large areas of Asia are sensitive to complete submergence and usually die within 7 days of complete inundation.

In intolerant varieties, complete inundation at the vegetative stage considerably decreases number of panicles, number of grains per panicle, and grain-filling percentage and delayed flowering and maturity, causing a dramatic decline in grain yield.

Both customary international law and UNCLOS limit marine territories to bona fide states; and so central to the maintenance of any zone for countries facing complete inundation of their territories will be a continued diplomatic push to maintain statehood even if they are forced to abandon their ancestral homes.

Complete submergence can occur for a short time (<14 days) following heavy rain or overflowing rivers, causing complete inundation.

During vegetative growth of rice, the most common and damaging type of flooding is short-term complete inundation (up to 2 weeks), also referred to as flash floods.

Highly elaborate irrigation works are known from Mohenjo-daro; the ziggurats (temple mounds) of the Euphrates valley may well have originated in ancient Egypt in response to the complete annual inundation of the Nile floodplain, where holdings had to be redefined after each flood subsided.

However, a complete tsunami inundation analysis in high resolution will provide a better understanding of the effects of tsunamis on a specific critical structure located in the Marmara Sea.

In this study, we therefore propose a methodology to investigate the hydro-meteorological controls on different flood characteristics, based on the simulation of the complete flood risk chain from the flood triggering precipitation event, through runoff generation in the catchment, flood routing and possible inundation in the river system and floodplains to flood loss.

Plants survived, grew, and avoided damage to and abscission of leaves during seven treatments that ranged from complete root-zone inundation to severe drought.

On 7 July, the inundations were complete and the further advance of the French army was effectively blocked.