Sentence examples for impoundments from inspiring English sources

Mountain streams and lake impoundments feature trout, bass, pikes, crappies, walleyes, and muskellunge, while the improving water quality of the larger rivers accommodates increasing numbers of perch, bluegills, catfish, and other species.

Two decades later, reacting to perceived abuses by Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, Congress passed the Budget and Impoundment Control Act to reassert its control over the budget; the act imposed constraints on impoundments, created the Congressional Budget Office, and established a timetable for passing budget bills.

Lake McMillan is the largest of several impoundments on the Pecos, and Red Bluff Lake, where the river exits New Mexico, is the lowest point in the state, 2,841 feet (861 metres) above sea level.

The Rio Grande, including large impoundments at Caballo and Elephant Butte reservoirs, flows southward through the centre of the county.

Impoundments of the Susquehanna River form Lakes Clarke and Aldred and Conowingo Reservoir.

Humans also have created many lakelike habitats, including reservoirs, impoundments, and farm dams.

In addition to turning up the heat in its longstanding dispute with Britain over control of the Falkland Islands, the government of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner also nationalised a Spanish-controlled oil company without providing a penny of compensation and sparred with Ghana over the impoundment of a naval frigate.This week Argentina added Israel to its list of burnt bridges.

Man-made lakes or reservoirs may result from the building of a dam within a natural catchment area or as a complete artificial impoundment.

A common type of temporary storage impoundment for hazardous liquid waste is an open pit or holding pond, called a lagoon.

Although the majority of hydroelectric plants depend on the impoundment of rivers, tidal power still could play a role, albeit minor, in electric power generation during the coming years.

Santa Rosa Lake is an impoundment on the Pecos at Los Esteros Dam.