Sentence examples for of the upper river from inspiring English sources

The whole of the upper river has been destroyed.

Just below Bamako, Mali's capital, the Sotuba Dam marks the end of the upper river.

Following a succession of floods, the trust will also "explore" whether tree planning can "slow the flow of the upper river Derwent" and help prevent flooding downstream in Keswick and Cockermouth.

We will also explore how we may be able to use the land to slow the flow of the upper river Derwent, thereby contributing to the prevention of flooding downstream in communities such as Keswick and Cockermouth.

To take advantage of the upper river above the Great Falls of the Potomac, George Washington started the Potomac Canal Company in the 1780s to circumnavigate the river's falls, rapids, and shallows.

Rebanks knows change is needed, not least in order to counteract the calamitous flooding from which the Lake District has suffered in recent years (the Trust hopes to "explore" ways in which its newest farmland might be used to slow the flow of the upper river Derwent, thereby contributing to the prevention of flooding downstream in Cockermouth and Keswick).

There Johansen, the self-proclaimed "rubber seed king of the upper rivers," bought some perfume from a trading post and was seen chasing goats, cows and chickens, attempting to anoint the animals with perfume and shouting: "Mr. Ford has lots of money; you might as well smell good too".

This is indicated by additional long-term measurements from sub-watersheds of the upper River Neckar basin, Germany.

In prehistoric times important trade routes ran east-west along the course of the upper River Severn in eastern Montgomeryshire, and consequently that area has many hill forts dating from the Iron Age.

And China, which dammed much of the upper Mekong river, agreed to release torrents of water to help Thai farmers downstream.

According to WWF Brazil, some 40% of the total area of the upper Paraguay river basin in Brazil has already been deforested, and 30% of springs that feed the Pantanal are at ecological risk and require urgent action.