Sentence examples for main drainage from inspiring English sources

Torrential rains flood the main drainage basins infrequently.

The main drainage is by the Hoosic and Housatonic rivers.

He sleeps near the city's main drainage ditch, just a few feet from raw sewage.

In Canada the Saskatchewan River and its tributaries constitute the main drainage system.

The Hudson, which bisects the county north-south, is the main drainage system.

Five main drainage basins may be distinguished: the Arctic, Pacific, Baltic, Black Sea, and Caspian.

Major works, such as main drainage and slum clearance, were put in the hands of the Metropolitan Board of Works.

The Danube is the main drainage basin south of the European water divide, which bisects the state.

A conspicuous ridge runs along the southern rim of the Sinai in a great horseshoe curve, from which three main drainage basins have developed.

The region depends on a network of bayous — slow-moving streams that run east into Galveston Bay — and concrete channels as the main drainage system.

These drains usually are of small cross section and may extend from hundreds of metres or even several kilometres before connecting with the main drainage conduits.