Sentences with phrase «areas of the river»

Conventional clean - up equipment such as skimmers and oil booms proved useless in recovering the large amounts of submerged oil that now covers an area of river bottom estimated to be approximately 200 acres.

«The current costs just for diking upgrades for the tidal areas of the river and for adjacent coastal reaches required by 2100 are in range of $ 9 billion,» said Matt Pitcairn, the Manager of Policy and Communications at the Richmond Chamber of Commerce and the report's co-author.

Avenger Two men are fishing on a river bank in a remote area of the River Thames on a Saturday afternoon miles away from any radio or tv.

We use the latest science with engineered logjams and other structures to protect certain areas of the river to get it to start to channel in a way that doesn't meander as much as it does during high - water events.»

«The area of these river plumes, where the photochemical mineralization takes place, is 34 million squarekilometers, for example about three times the area of Europe.,» he continues,

In the catchment area of the river Yangtzekiang in Southern China defor - estation takes place in order to gain arable land and build tea plantations.

This area of River Parks stretches north - south from I - 44 to 71st Street, and from Elwood Avenue, east to the Arkansas River.

41st Street Plaza is the only area of River Parks that will likely not be available.

This is a particularly rough area of the river.

There may also be seals or sea lions swimming in the tidal areas of the river and black bears feeding along the shoreline.

The goal of the new effort is to remove submerged oil from three areas of the river, where the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says oil is still accumulating.

In 2008 about half the area of all rivers and lakes were under water contamination advisories, 80 % of which was due to mercury pollution.

The hidden, long - term effects of the 2010 pipeline accident that spilled more than a million gallons of heavy Canadian crude oil into Michigan's Kalamazoo River became public last week when the EPA revealed that large amounts of oil are still accumulating in three areas of the river.

For example, if you can increase your deductible and increase compensation in certain areas of your River South District renters insurance policy, you can avoid running into some of these problems ahead of time.

Not exact matches

According to the DEA, the US heroin market was historically divided between the area west of the Mississippi River, where Mexican - produced black - tar heroin was used, and the area east of the river, where South American - produced white - powder heroin was River, where Mexican - produced black - tar heroin was used, and the area east of the river, where South American - produced white - powder heroin was river, where South American - produced white - powder heroin was used.

Coast Guard boat and helicopter crews, and the Mobile fire and police departments «saturated a search area covering three square miles» near the mouth of the Mobile River, and the investigation continues, a Coast Guard spokesperson said.

Margaret River heads the regions in terms of wine grape crush numbers, accounting for more than 22,000 t, or 43.7 per cent, of the State's crush, followed by the Great Southern area with 10,594 t.

Rockhampton, with a population of over 80,000 on the Fitzroy River, was expected to suffer flood levels not seen for a century and Stewart urged residents in low - lying areas to leave.

Department of Natural Resources spokesman Kevin Baskins tells The Des Moines Register (http://dmreg.co/28KnoyM) that Texas - based Dakota Access LLC was given an amendment on its permit to dig at Big Sioux River Wildlife Management Area.

Visitors of the Grand Union Hotel in Fort Benton, Montana, often visit the area to follow the Lewis and Clark Trail and enjoy the beauty of the Missouri River.

Assad noted that the Russian - backed Syrian army was now «very close» to Raqqa city after advancing to the western banks of the Euphrates River this week — a rapid gain that has brought it to the frontier of areas held by the U.S. - backed forces.

It's in the middle of one of the only forests in the world that has never been touched by industry, an area that hosts six of Canada's biggest rivers.

The Obama administration is still reviewing a series of ambitious leasing plans drafted under former President George W. Bush that would have cleared the way to tap into the Green River basin, an area that crosses Utah, Colorado and Wyoming and is the home of America's largest oilsand and oil shale deposits.

It's a vast area that stretches south of the Ottawa river, east to the Quebec boarder, north of the St. Lawrence and as far west as Perth.

In response to these US Air Force allegations, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major - General Igor Konashenkov told Russian media on Saturday that «most close - midair encounters between Russian and US jets in the area around the Euphrates River have been linked to the attempts of US aircraft to get in the way [of the Russian warplanes] striking against Islamic State terrorists.»

Kurdish forces had pulled back to Syrian government - controlled areas around the city of Aleppo, or to the Kurdish - held region east of the Euphrates river, he said.

But opponents said the idea of turning the area into a miniature version of the Klondike is ecological madness and risks scarring the landscape and polluting the valley's streams and rivers.

THE Augusta - Margaret River Tourism Association Marketing Office has launched a website highlighting the area as one of WA's desirable destinations.

These include areas along the Delaware River waterfront, in the Callowhill neighborhood north of Center City, and along North Broad Street, as well as ones outside Philadelphia's city limits in such places as King of Prussia, Camden, and Delaware.

Guests who book Airbnb listings that are located in the unincorporated areas of Taos County, NM (does not include the incorporated cities of Questa, Red River, Taos Ski River, and Taos) will pay the following tax as part of their reservation:

The area that is now Bath was called «Sagadahoc» by the Abenaki Indians, which meant «mouth of big river.»

We again thank for their patience and appreciation our customers in our Spring Branch service area who have endured among the longest outages resulting from the catastrophic flooding brought by Hurricane Harvey including the subdivisions of Fleetwood, Meadows of Memorial, Memorial Thicket, Nottingham Forest, Nottingham Oaks, River Forest, Talia Trails, Thornwood, Winchester, Yorkchester and others in the Memorial area.

McCain Produce, which was founded by the McCain brothers» father, carries out seed production at the Foreston Elite Seed Potato Farm in New Brunswick's Saint John River Valley - one of the best areas in the world to grow seed potatoes.

On the two maps above, you'll see that the project boundaries, from the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River through to the Connors Road footbridge encompass the entire legacy creek bed, with the exception of small areas on the north side of 98th avenue.

These projects look very much like strip mines and have some of the same environmental impacts, which include diverting and polluting rivers and streams, causing heavy erosion, and disturbing vast areas of soil.

Prarie Provident had focused development of conventional oil weighted assets in the Wheatland and Princess properties in Southern Alberta and its Evi area located in the Peace River Arch area of Northern Alberta.

We're planning on real estate in either central Louisiana (around Lafayette) or one of several areas of Arkansas: a) Condo on White River (supposedly best trout fishing in the east).

D.C. is proposing a mix of public and private sites, all of which boast access to public transit and are situated in lively areas full of amenities popular with techies: the shores of the Anacostia River, Union Station, Capitol Hill East and Howard University.

The Brevard County Sheriff's Office is warning drivers to avoid the area of Indian River Drive and Sunset Terrace.

These include entities such as the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County in California, the Bainbridge Community Foundation (an island that is also a vacation and commuter community for Seattle), and the Blue River Foundation, located about 50 miles from Indianapolis and considered «adjacent to a metro area» by the Beale coding.

They settled on an area south of the Mediterranean Sea where some oceanographers say a branch of the Nile River drained into what was called the Lake of Tanis, a coastal lagoon 3,000 years ago.

Glasgow, Scotland (CNN)- Robert Marshall is the burly, landlord of The Louden Tavern, a pub located in the west end of the Scottish city of Glasgow, on the south bank of the same Clyde River that was once used to ferry coal and steel to the great shipbuilding companies that in the past made this area an industrial powerhouse.

The Brandt Commission found hope in the fact that vast irrigation schemes are being considered, especially in Africa, noting that such projects will enable the great rivers to become the means of transforming large areas of semiarid land into productive agricultural regions.

Many of us recall James Watt, Secretary of the Interior, speaking before a House Committee, defending his policy of leasing wilderness areas with resultant damage to forests and rivers.

Some two centuries later the governers of Transoxiana declared their independence and founded the Samanid dynasty which ruled an area beginning with the Oxus river and extending eastward with indefinite boundaries.

The Bible reports that Moses led the twelve tribes out of Egypt and that after forty years of desert migration they finally crossed the Jordan River from the east, captured nearby Jericho and proceeded to conquer the whole area by a series of eminently successful campaigns.

During the past year Louisville's news has been dominated by several seemingly disparate issues — the troubled relationship between the police department and the African - American community; efforts to build more mixed - income housing in the city; adoption of a regional plan intended to moderate suburban sprawl; disagreement about the number and location of proposed new Ohio River bridges linking Louisville and southern Indiana; a campaign to attract high - tech business to the downtown area; and a lively election campaign around the issue of a city - county merger.

It would have led to Israel's permanent annexation of 8 to 12 percent of the West Bank as well as a large area of settlements around Jerusalem, plus the long - term «lease» to Israel of the Jordan River Valley, plus Israeli «security control» (which is another way of saying «continued occupation») of the vast swathes of territory on which lie the bypass roads connecting the settlements.

Coming out of the wilderness, John preached his message in the area around the Jordan River.

That he was in the region of the Jordan river also points to him being like the prophet Elijah who spent his last days in the Jordan river area (2 Kings 2:1 - 13).