Sentence examples for water impervious from inspiring English sources

The quad-burning walk necessitates a lovely pause on the Cliff Street overlook where you can see the town's church spires pierce the sky, and Federalist and Colonial Revival buildings hover over the water, impervious to past floods, including the 10-foot rise from Hurricane Irene.

North American Indians used the thin, water-impervious bark for roofing and canoes.

The thin, water-impervious bark provided roofing, canoes, and shoes for North American Indians and early settlers.

In some higher plants, the cuticle is a water-impervious protective layer covering the epidermal cells of leaves and other parts and limiting water loss.

Members of the Australian genus Cyclorana bury themselves underground where they create a water-impervious cocoon in which to aestivate during dry periods.

The membrane of course needs to be porous to fresh water yet impervious to salt ions.

Cutoff walls thus serve as vertical barriers to the flow of water, and the impervious layer serves as a barrier at the bottom.

Overall, the riparian bird community is shifting toward urban dwelling, resident species that are characteristic of riparian sites with less water and more impervious surface.

Engineers at MIT have devised a method to bind two stretchy materials: gelatin-like polymer materials called hydrogels, and elastomers, which are impervious to water and can thus seal in the hydrogel's water.

It's impervious to water.

"Steel is impervious to water," he said.