Sentence examples for upstream watershed from inspiring English sources

In Nagarahole, the ZOI is more than seven times larger than the park and includes upstream watershed and elephant corridors.

In there, a combination of increased paved surface and sewer overflows in the upstream watershed carries excess sediment and adsorbed pollutants into the stream (Fuss and O'Neill 2010).

In addition, the associated sediment deposits can in some circumstances provide a valuable source of information on changing rates of sediment production from the upstream watershed through time.

Cities with larger upstream watershed area are potentially more sustainable and resilient (than those with small watersheds) as a result of spatial variability of water resources' response to climate change.

Each threat was measured for severity (i.e., level of influence on the upstream watershed) and frequency throughout each watershed; both severity and frequency were measured using two different methods.

We sampled six streams in southern Ontario, Canada near 18-hole golf courses to determine how they affect stream function in the context of land use, land cover, and human activities in the upstream watershed.

Later deposition of sand and gravel during the first half of the Holocene implies an increase in sediment yield from upstream watersheds.

Concentrations of copper in the upstream watersheds were low, indicating that agriculture is not a significant source of copper loading to the estuary.

Effective management of water resources requires accurate information on the mass, or load of water-quality constituents transported from upstream watersheds to downstream receiving waters.

Drought significantly affected the distribution and abundance of salmon and Delta smelt because of its effects on water quality and habitats in the Delta and upstream watersheds, brought on by record low flows and high water temperatures.

Relative amounts of each threatin estuaries and their upstream watersheds were calculated (e.g. percent of watershed in urban, density of dams in watershed) to create threat variables.These variables capture a range of human impacts at estuaries and are notexhaustive.