Sentence examples for deepening of rivers from inspiring English sources

He says the straightening and deepening of rivers was extreme in places, with the Wyre in Lancashire halving in length in the last century as meanders were cut out, speeding up the flow.

The parties were at odds over infrastructure projects, such as the deepening of the Elbe river to allow bigger ships into the harbour.

Research on materials (Report of scientific research 1990) shows increase in the spending of water from Zhideli accompanied by increased erosion the deepening of watercourses and river bed shows that the average depth of the channel from 1986 to 1988 increased by 1.3 m.

In the costly approval process of the Port of Hamburg for deepening of the Elbe river course [198], involving translocation of additional 1 million m3/a fine-grained sediment from the tidal Elbe, the pollutant aspect already plays the most critical role [199].

Hermes de Medeiros, a biology professor at the Federal University of Pará, told IPS that the Belo Monte EIA "illegally" failed to mention the impacts of parts of the project, such as the sluices and the deepening of the Xingu river on a 50-km stretch downstream.

Inland navigation involves river regulation, i.e., water level management and a straightening and deepening of the main channels, thus altering riparian and benthic habitats.

With the deepening of aging, Eη increases continuously.

Incorrect intermaxillary relations: lack of deepening of the bite.

This causes deepening of the foveal pit.

From this point onwards a rapid acceleration in triculine radiation and cladogenesis is observed; the acceleration among the Triculini could have been driven by deepening of the valleys in which they live (i.e., increased isolation) and that among the Pachydrobiini by the greater variety of new habitats and area covered following the invasion of rivers.

Widening and deepening rivers also means that more of the immediately surrounding area may be made prone to flooding, so while some people may benefit others will lose out.