Sentence examples for serious river from inspiring English sources

This is not a serious river — in spirit or in strength — but there are occasional mishaps.

The government's spending on flood defences has become controversial following a run of serious river and coastal floods across the country in the last six weeks.

The Sava is born high in the Julian Alps, near Slovenia's border with Italy, and – as befits a serious river – has several tributaries of its own, two of which can claim to be the source.

In Hanoi, Vietnam's capital city, high population and economic growth as well as industrialisation have led to a decrease in groundwater level and to serious river and lake pollution.

At one inland wetland that was subject to serious river flooding, new areas of freshwater habitat had been created on the site to replace areas that were often submerged during flooding.

This first novel by Egan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for The Times, revolves around a beautiful, feisty woman charged with saving her aging father's Pacific Northwest vineyard, set against a backdrop of beautifully captured settings and equally serious issues (river ecology, Indian land rights, water rights).

But the dam is a serious issue for river life.

The development of meanders has been the focus of research for decades because the shifting of bank lines may potentially cause serious problems in river engineering.

The water pollution was relatively serious in the river entrance into the lake, and the content of petroleum pollutants exceeded the limit value of oil Class IV in Surface Water Quality Standards [14].

There is a strong suspicion that if this oestrogen is not removed during sewage treatment (some works do, some do not), it causes serious damage to rivers and lakes.

These two contaminants pose a serious threat to rivers in these arid regions where water supplies are especially critical.