Sentence examples for tributary surface from inspiring English sources

Tributary surface streams may sink underground, and there may be streambeds that carry water only during seasons of high flow or during extreme floods.

The estimated contribution of the tributary surface waters to the spring flow during the research period was approximately 26 53% (Fuensanta river) and 47 74% (Convento stream), being predominant the first component during high flow and the second one during the dry season.

Fluxes of water and dissolved (filtered) mercury (Hg) species (FMeHg and total Hg (FTHg)) were quantified in April and July of 2009 in a reach at McTier Creek, South Carolina to determine the relative importance of tributary surface water and shallow groundwater Hg transport from wetland/floodplain areas to the stream under nonflood conditions.

Embayments are connected to their watersheds by tributary inflow, surface runoff, and/or groundwater flow.

Our data comprise the first set of radar surveys that captures sub-kilometre-scale basal topography across an Antarctic glacial catchment, with a total coverage of ~1500 km2, or ~15%, of PIG's main trunk and tributaries (defined as surface ice flow >200 m a−1).

In highly anthropized watersheds, surface water tributaries may carry unexpected high quantities of radon and radium to coastal lagoons.

We applied it to the Mar Menor lagoon (SE Spain) where surface water tributaries and undocumented emissaries carry water from groundwater drainage and brines from groundwater desalinization.

The TT domain has slightly tilted terraces with river meanders and many tributaries are developed on its surface.

Close correspondence between stream stage and shallow-groundwater levels adjacent to McTier Creek demonstrated that good hydrologic connectivity exists prior to flood conditions (and SI Figure 6), even in areas with no apparent surface water connectivity (no tributary drainage).

The Voreifel ("Fore-Eifel") slopes south to the Mosel, the tributaries of which dissect its smooth surface.

Therefore, there was a clear increase of radionuclide concentrations in surface waters of these tributaries to Zezere River caused by surface runoff and mine water drainage from old uranium mine sites located in their banks.