Many of the drainage systems inhabited by Chilean Aegla species were covered at least partially by ice during the last and presumably previous glacial cycles [ 13, 16].
Four people died, thousands were evacuated, bridges collapsed, transport was disrupted and the army helped out as torrential rain overwhelmed Victorian drainage systems in many parts of Britain, including Sheffield.
The current focus on the development of sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) in many countries has raised awareness of the advantages of integrating constructed wetlands into urban and highway runoff treatment systems.
Subsurface drainage systems are as important in many irrigated areas as they are in humid areas.
Many karst landforms are intimately linked to underground drainage systems, or caves, which are an integral component of karst landscapes.
Estimates of seasonal rainfall maxima at durations as short as 6 min are needed for many applications including the design and analysis of urban drainage systems.
After being forced from shacks, derelict buildings, and their own families, many homeless LGBTI Jamaicans have found refuge in the storm drainage systems of Kingston – known locally as the gully.
Many endemic species of diving beetle are not widespread, but rather restricted to certain climatic regions, river drainage systems or other geographical features.
"There are many measures that can help us manage water more effectively from multipurpose reservoirs, storage ponds for agriculture, sustainable urban drainage systems, and household rainwater harvesting.
The abundance of cisterns, many of them originally Greco-Roman, is strong evidence that tableland overland flows occur and are frequently disconnected from larger drainage systems.
