Sentence examples for development of catchments from inspiring English sources

Elevated levels of primary production brought about by the input of excess plant nutrients, principally phosphates and nitrates, into inland waters following agricultural and urban development of catchments (known as eutrophication), can also be harmful.

The ages of alluvial fans and the rates of catchment-wide denudation have been integrated to assess the relative influence of climate and tectonic uplift on the development of catchments within the Mecca Hills.

Results are considered in the context of other dated shell matrix sites in the area and a geomorphological model for landscape development of the Sandalwood River catchment.

This paper describes the objectives, the theoretical model and the methodology of a research program for the development of an epidemiologic catchment area in the South-West sector of Montreal.

This may be due to differences in the socio-cultural characteristics as well as economic development of the HDSS catchment populations (e.g. mobility and participation in public sphere, and concept of 'sports' and 'leisure' in case of women), representativeness of the sites (localised or geographical spread), timing of survey, and level of farm activities, etc.

The urban development of parts of water catchment areas can alter the nature of runoff, and the training and regulation of rivers produce changes in the pattern of events, resulting in floods and the need for flood prevention and control.

The Late Glacial Interstadial was warmer and wetter, as evidenced by increased organic matter content in the lake, decreased erosion in the catchment, development of palustrine plant communities in the proximity of the lake, and expansion of spruce during the Allerød (GI-1c-a).

The identified predictors, temporal patterns and patterns between catchments will support the development of low flow monitoring systems and determine those catchments where adaption measures should aim more at increasing groundwater recharge.

A series of aerial photographs shows the development of these wetlands within the catchment over time.

This change correlates well with the development of boreal woodland in the catchment.

The outcomes of such applications are encouraging, as they have important implications for the development of hydrologic models, interpolation/extrapolation of hydrologic data, and classification of catchments.