Sentence examples for steep basin from inspiring English sources

Pteridosperms dominated marginal wetlands adjacent to steep basin margins.

Previous studies of site effect in the Taipei basin (e.g., Wen and Peng, 1998; Wang, 2008) showed that high amplifications at low frequencies (0.2 1 Hz) and at high frequencies (1 3 Hz) could be correlated, respectively, with the areas of deepest sediments and those near the basin edges, except for a steep basin edge in the west.

The fastest responding events tend to be in steep basins of the arid Southwest caused by intense monsoon thunderstorms and steep terrain.

The recession flow analysis provides a cost-effective approach to obtaining bulk hydrological parameters in arid and semi-arid steep basins such as those of the Coquimbo Region and elsewhere.

Run-off is generally faster in steeper basins, producing more peaked basin discharge and greater erosive power.

The steep, rugged basin, stretching from the western flank of the Cascade Range to the northeastern flank of the Siskiyou Mountains, varies in elevation from 9485 feet at the summit of Mount McLoughlin in the Cascades to 0 feet, where the basin meets the ocean.

As a result, steep tributary basins produce voluminous runoff and sediment during intense precipitation and rapid snowmelt.

Jess and I peer over it and gasp: using dynamite, Ross has cut a steep-sided basin into the top of the mesa.

The Comeraghs and Monavullaghs make up a single range that includes Coumshingaun, a steep-walled basin, or cirque, with sides 1,000 feet (300 metres) high.

The crater of the volcano has become the steep-walled basin, or cirque, of a glacier, and there are several other minor glaciers.

The analysis revealed that the frequently deep, steep-walled basins are filled in with deposits of various age and origin.