Sentence examples for frequent inundation from inspiring English sources

Thick peat deposits necessary for coal formation develop at sites where the following conditions exist: slow, continuous subsidence; the presence of such natural structures as levees, beaches, and bars that give protection from frequent inundation; and a restricted supply of incoming sediments that would interrupt peat formation.

Gravelly overbank deposits raise flood-plain surfaces above levels of frequent inundation and are well drained, therefore flood-plain soils are drier.

Forested ombrotrophic peat swamps have developed in landscapes where abundant precipitation and low relief produce high water tables and frequent inundation.

This exploratory study describes the processes by which an entire community in Fiji has recently relocated as a consequence of frequent flooding, inundation, and failed seawalls.

This results in more frequent flooding and inundation problems in urban areas.

This can be explained by differences in surface topography (for example, elevation of land) and inundation frequency and duration inundation is more frequent and lasts longer in the downstream region than in the upstream region.

But in reality we are already feeling the impacts of climate change resulting in the displacement of some of our communities with others to follow soon as serious coastal inundation and contamination of the fresh water lens becomes more frequent and more severe.

Instead, the report focuses on problems that are likely to disproportionately hit developing countries: coastal inundation from rising sea levels, plummeting food production and associated malnutrition, unprecedented heat waves, increasing fresh water scarcity, more frequent and intense tropical cyclones, and the loss of biodiversity.

And the inundation this year is much heavier.

They hint at a slow, gloomy inundation.

The plot was inspired by actual accounts of floods in contemporary China, but Ms. Mnouchkine and Ms. Cixous, who are frequent collaborators, chose to treat their story as a universal fable of greed and environmental catastrophe in which the rulers must decide which half of a mythical kingdom will be spared inundation -- the district of artists or the district of factories.