Sentence examples for half of the river from inspiring English sources

The lower half of the river is shown from above while the upper part seems to tip back in space as it forks.

Kennford resident Les Seaton, 79, told how 18ins of water was flowing through his house within an hour and a half of the river bursting its banks.

Species of fish that have provided livelihoods and protein for millions of people (some 60m live in the lower Mekong basin) are unlikely to survive the obstacles to their migrations.Four dams have already been built and another is under construction on the northern half of the river in China, which is hungry for its hydroelectric potential.

This thundering mass is only half of the river's natural flow.

Almost half of the river's annual flow comes in late spring and early summer.

About half of the river's original aquatic vegetation was destroyed during the 19th and early 20th centuries by dredging and filling to improve the shipping channel, and the vegetation that remains faces serious threats from storms and the rising sea level.

More than half of the rivers in China are too polluted to serve as a source of drinking water.

Cholera, typhoid and other deadly pathogens are increasing in more than half of the rivers in Africa, Asia and Latin America, according to a UN environment programme (Unep) report.

More than half of the rivers flowing into Qinghai Lake are currently dry due to climate change and human activity.

The status of other shortnose sturgeon populations has been widely scattered through time and lacking for about half of the rivers suspected of harboring shortnose sturgeon [5].

Lee's Ferry demarcates the boundary between the Upper and Lower Basins of the Colorado River; the states which make up each basin are legally allocated one-half of the river's natural flow.