Sentence examples for impoundments on from inspiring English sources

It also leaves behind the largest toxic unlined impoundments on the planet in enormous lakes that require firing off special cannons to keep flocks of waterfowl from landing on it (risking near-certain death).

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.

Permanent impoundments on reclaimed surfaces are delineated on the Mine and Reclamation Plan Map titled "Post-mining Contours with Hydrologic Restoration".

Impoundments on the mine site, built to improve water quality in the late 1970's, were insufficient to prevent periodic discharges of acidic, metal-rich water to the reservoir.

Emergent vegetation, shoreline irregularity, and proximity of other water resources are linked to avian richness and diversity within wetlands, as well as bird use of stormwater impoundments on airports.

The numerous small reservoirs and impoundments on the tributaries of the Zala River were identified as the key elements in determining algal biomass, since they fundamentally increase the water residence time (WRT) in the system.

Two caveats: Like the Sayed et al paper there are uncertainties in Wada and colleagues' analysis and the authors did not consider a potential offsetting process -- the impoundments of water on the continents in reservoirs.

As part of the park facilities, the Saw Mill River is impounded into Woodlands Lake, the largest impoundment on the Saw Mill River, used as a water supply by the local communities of Ardsley and Dobbs Ferry, whose northern village line is just to the south.

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

The Okirihata dam was damaged by surface ruptures, and the banks of its impoundment on both sides of the dam were offset dextrally by 180 cm (Figs. 5d, 6a).

Based on Landsat MSS and TM images from 1974 , 1988 and 2004, we conducted a case study of the Manwan Dam along the Lancang (Mekong) River to determine the influencing distance of dam construction and reservoir impoundment on land use.