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Meanings of watershed (watersheds) in inglês
The entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet.
português
cumeeira catalão
línia divisòria Sinônimos
Examples for "basin"
Examples for "basin"
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Declared and secret energy agreements with Russia, Caspian basin countries, and others.
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The basin in which the Crisis lay was entirely fringed with forest.
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The rain is heaviest in the Takazze basin in July and August.
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The state sits atop the Marcellus Shale, a large natural gas basin.
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At one time this State had aspirations to drain the Shannon basin.
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A flood watch was issued for the northern, eastern and southeast river catchment.
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Around 90mm is forecast for the region, which is great news for the local river catchment system.
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What river catchment do you live in?
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The river catchment was given a C-plus mark yesterday with the release of the first five year report card on its health and well-being.
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Farmers living in river catchment areas have urged the Government to deliver a plan to tackle the flooding problem for once and for all.
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Flash floods usually arise when rain falls over a small catchment basin.
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Its value as a flood catchment basin is somewhat uncertain, as it is used as a storage feeder for Morris Canal.
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Not a drop of liquid is to leave the catchment basin; it is exactly the reverse of what we desire in Europe.
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A spokesman for Dublin Port said the leaked fuel was contained within a catchment basin beside the tank purpose-built to handle such incidents.
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Samples of feces, wastewater from catchment basins, and soil where wastewater was applied were collected from CONV and RWA feedlot and dairy farms.
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The Pompton River has a drainage area above Mountain View of 420 square miles.
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The drainage area above this point is 114 square miles.
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Mr Deery fell about 800 feet into a drainage area near the town of Wanaka.
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With too little drainage area the earth in a pot gets clogged and very often sour.
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Piecemeal operations within each lesser drainage area can be self-defeating or, at the very least, needlessly expensive.
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But efforts to build hydroelectric dams in the Tapajós river basin continue.
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Severe flooding hit the Yangtze river basin in China this week.
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The Harirud river basin is shared by Afghanistan, Iran and Turkmenistan.
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The river basin showed luxuriant grassy slopes and immense sugar plantations.
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Nestled into the side of a mountain, it overlooks the Liffey river basin.
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The willows in the Arctic drainage basin shrink to shrubs scarcely knee-high.
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Table showing detailed facts regarding possible reservoir sites on Passaic drainage basin.
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The drainage basin of Passaic River is admirably adapted to the development of the conservation system.
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Its drainage basin, including in this its own area, is estimated to be about five hundred square miles.
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To possess one-half the drainage basin of the valley would have led to constant conflict with the owners of the other half.
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There's been deliberate management of that catchment area and its high-value homes.
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Local Authorities say their water catchment area was excluded from the 1080 bombardment.
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The view changes dramatically, though, if heavy rain falls in the catchment area.
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The study was conducted in 4 riparian communities within the dam catchment area.
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Then each child lives in the catchment area of a number of schools.
português
ponto de viragem catalão
moment decisiu An event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend.
Usage of watersheds in inglês
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Traditional methods are also used to protect watersheds or coasts.
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This is one of the great watersheds of South America.
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The 1980s formed one of the watersheds of modern history.
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New York City urged a ban on natural gas drilling in its watersheds on Wednesday.
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Coca-Cola is helping to repair national watersheds that also happen to supply its own factories.
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The current maintenance budget doesn't match the scale of America's long-term modifications of its watersheds.
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Its feeders reach the Andes, draining watersheds within a hundred miles of the Pacific ocean.
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The agency recommended not drilling in the watersheds that serve New York City and Syracuse.
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The logging increases global warming with heightened carbon emissions, and landslides through loss of watersheds.
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It is situated, so to say, on one of the great natural watersheds of laughter.
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We followed the main trails which followed the watersheds.
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The old explorers usually laid claim to certain watersheds.
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Environmentalists said more money was needed to enforce laws to stop industrial pollution and protect watersheds.
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Utah has approved PR Spring despite opposition from green groups that say such projects threaten watersheds.
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They are watersheds for individuals and governments, for the fortunes of political parties and entire parliaments.
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Small watersheds often do have unity of this human sort, but very few major river basins.
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