Sentence examples for in damming from inspiring English sources

In November, crews succeeded in damming the Jinsha River, the tributary that forms the upper reaches of the Yangtze.

It's still on the desktop because I'm planning to write a post about the different US approach to editing on my reading/writing blog, On Learning to Read, mainly inspired by this line in the editorial notes: "I suggest pull this line up to terminate prior graph, to manifest its same function in damming his screed".

Farming was made possible in these difficult terrains due to improvements in damming techniques and using chain pumps to elevate water to higher irrigation planes.

In a gesture that local communities and activists could have only dreamed of a few years ago, Widodo then took part in damming up a canal, used by illegal loggers to drain away water and prepare the rainforest and peatland for burning.

There is no word yet on whether the temporary cap will continue to be effective in damming the flow of oil, and Tuesday's headlines saw another oil spill -- caused by a tow boat accident in a nearby bay -- that may impede cleanup efforts on the larger front.

If conservative interpretations of sedimentation rates for the thick well-sorted sand interval below the lacustrine muds are correct and landscape change that resulted in damming of Swan Lake is accounted for, cessation of flow probably occurred before ∼14.5 cal ka BP.

Lake Moondarra nearby was formed in 1958 by damming the Leichhardt River.

Calls pour in; dams threaten to burst; legislators are deluged, inundated, swamped.

Both promised further habitat restoration and further modifications in dam operations.

Several countries are currently engaged in dam building on transnational rivers.

Water in dam reservoirs creates tremendous pressure, and only solid rock can stop it from leaking underneath the dam.