Sentence examples for lowering river from inspiring English sources

We investigate reservoir sediment response to the phased and concurrent drawdown of two reservoirs on the Elwha River, Washington, USA, during the largest dam removal in history by measuring changes in reservoir topography and channel morphology as a function of base-level lowering, river discharge, and cohesion.

This, of course, lowers river levels, which could result in a higher percentage of sewage effluent in the water unless the water is properly treated.

Both provinces are manufacturing centers with large port cities. Shanghai, just north of the typhoon's landfall, was spared the worst winds but canceled airline flights and lowered river reservoirs to prepare for flooding.

Because the plants need water to cool generators and pump power at dams, they are vulnerable to lower river levels and warmer water temperatures, according to researchers at Wageningen University and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis IIASAA).

The lower river, from Midhurst to its junction with the River Arun, has been used for navigation.

Bruce Williams, a river operations group manager at the Bureau of Reclamation's Lower Colorado Region, says despite this year's paltry inflows, the lower river system's stored water filled little more than than 60 percent of the total storage capacity until recently.

THE LOWER RIVER, by Paul Theroux Mariner/Houghton Mifflin Harcourtt, $14.95).

Barkley Dam (in operation since 1966) controls the lower river.