Sentence examples for upper basin of the from inspiring English sources

It lay within the ancient district of Cerdagne, or Cerdaña (the upper basin of the Segre River), of which it was capital until 1177.

The upper basin of the Somme was the scene of heavy fighting during World War I, particularly the First Battle of the Somme (July November 1916).

Meanwhile, population pressures had mounted among the Oromo, a pastoral people who inhabited the upper basin of the Genalē (Jubba) River in what is now southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya.

In 58 bce Rome's northwestern frontier, established in 125 bce, ran from the Alps down the left bank of the upper Rhône River to the Pyrenees, skirting the southeastern foot of the Cévennes and including the upper basin of the Garonne River without reaching the Gallic shore of the Atlantic.

Several times the Urartian kings of that period claimed, probably with justification, to have defeated Assyrian armies: Argishti reported victories over the Assyrians in his sixth and seventh regnal years, when he operated in the Zab and Lake Urmia areas; and Sarduri II defeated the Assyrian king Ashur-nirari V in the upper basin of the Tigris River about 753.

Six contiguous first-order streams were selected in the upper basin of the Ctalamochita river (Córdoba, Argentina): three reference streams draining grasslands and three streams draining Pinus elliottii afforestations.

The republic extends from the crest line of the Northern Urals on the east to the Timan Ridge and the upper basins of the Mezen and Vychegda rivers on the west.

Salish, linguistic grouping of North American Indian tribes speaking related languages and living in the upper basins of the Columbia and Fraser rivers and their tributaries in what are now the province of British Columbia, Can., and the U.S. states of Washington, Idaho, and Montana.

The reforestation of the watersheds of the middle and upper basins of the Cauca and Magdalena Rivers, and the increase of sustainable forest practices and ecosystem protection are some of Cenicafé's major initiatives.

Deforestation of the watersheds of the middle and upper basins of the Cauca and Magdalena Rivers has destabilized water sources balance and increased erosion in Colombia's coffee region (Slunge 2008).

Water depth in the upper basin of double basin solar still may affect the distillate output, thus its effect can be studied in the future.