Sentence examples for settle downstream. from inspiring English sources
In addition to immediate effects on oxygen levels, heavy particulate organic matter loads that settle downstream of the outlets contribute to permanent oxygen consumption.
That is not surprising, it said, because of the heavy boat traffic, the contaminants that flow downstream and settle in estuaries, and the many local sources of pollution in port cities.
Because the flow is slower above the dam, much of this sediment will now settle there instead of flowing downstream, and there will be less sediment downstream.
In the new approach, when larvae drift over a patch they settle there and are removed from the simulation and become unavailable to downstream patches, providing a more realistic simulation of dispersal.
A weir, or underwater dam, that would keep settled ash from moving downstream was about one-fifth completed, T.V.A. officials said.
More than a million pounds of the chemical, which has been linked to cancer in humans and reproductive problems in wildlife, was washed into the water, and it flowed downstream and settled onto the bottom, creating plumes and hot spots that were then covered by layers of mud and sediment.
He advises leaving the metals where they settle, and counting on next spring's mountain snowmelt to dilute them more and flush them downstream.
