Sentence examples for main river systems from inspiring English sources
The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, a 234-mile (377-km) canal that opened in 1985, links two of the state's main river systems.
The valley's fertile soils are fed by two of the nation's main river systems: the Yaque del Norte, which flows generally northwestward, and the Camu-Yuna system, which flows eastward.
The province contains three main river systems: the Peace in the north; the Fraser, which drains nearly all of the interior plateau; and the Columbia in the southeastern and south-central regions.
The first significant regional action was the intervention by the New Zealand Forest Service NZFSS) in 1960 to begin to reforest large tracts of eroding farmland in the headwaters of the main river systems with exotic plantations.
Wami/Ruvu basin consists of two main river systems, the Wami and the Ruvu and some small coastal rivers (e.g. Msimbazi, Kizinga and Mzinga rivers) in the south of Dar es Salaam (Fig. 1).
Facundo begins with a geographical description of Argentina, from the Andes in the west to the eastern Atlantic coast, where two main river systems converge at the boundary between Argentina and Uruguay.
Mun River, Thai Mae Nam Mun, main river system of the Khorat Plateau, in eastern Thailand.
By sparing the low-lying capital, which lies in the delta of the country's main river system, officials sacrificed the provinces to the north.
Farmers say the figures would be much higher.Rob Freeman, the authority's chief executive, who has braved abuse in Narrandera and other towns, reckons the plan is the first attempt to "reset" a country's main river system.
Consequently, the current use of contemporary subbasin divides is an inaccurate means of calculating surface runoff in southeast Michigan, because of the incorporation of areas that are not directly contributing runoff to the main river system.
But he said tributary flooding was a continuing concern, and parts of the main river control system had not yet been completed to the maximum height and strength called for in the corps' plans.
