Sentence examples for prominent river from inspiring English sources

This seems the main reason why high-magnitude hydrological events and prominent river channel avulsions were not reported in historical chronicles.

The study steered in Meenachil River (L = 78 km, A = 1272 km2), one of the prominent river basins in Central Kerala, formed by several streams originating from Western Ghats (elevation = 1097 m, a.m.s.l).l

The restoration of the Elwha comes as dams, often facing expiring operating licenses, are to be removed from several prominent rivers, including the White Salmon in Washington and the Penobscot in Maine.

Other prominent rivers are Punpun, Morhar and Dharda rivers.

The Padma and the Mahananda are that two prominent rivers and control the overall hydrogeomorphological activity.

In the Himalaya, most large rivers feature prominent fill terraces that record an imbalance between sediment supply and transport capacity, presumably due to past fluctuations in monsoon precipitation and/or effects of glaciation at high elevation.

The most prominent trans-river clash came when Clark demonstrated the strength of his army by overpowering the fort's garrison, pulling down the Portuguese flag and running up the Union Jack in its place.

The offshoreward development of the intertidal sand flat is most prominent around the river mouth and the southeast part of the study area (adjacent to Matsunase Harbor) (Fig. 2).

In large alluvial river courses where bank failure is prominent, seepage erosion may be a significant contributor that is often overlooked.

River Niger and river Benue are the two most prominent and economically important rivers in Africa south of the Sahara.

Active erosion features on resistant bedrock that floors the river at prominent knickpoints demonstrate that the river is currently incising toward base level.