Sentences with phrase «as a river delta»

In fertile areas, such as river deltas, mangroves can contribute more than 3 tons per acre per year of organic material.

These homes also need flood coverage, because a significant rainfall or storm surge can be just as devastating as a river delta flood, and can impact houses miles from the special hazard zone.

Not exact matches

Actually, the Mississippi delta is in the North West part if Mississippi, between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers, as colgraddec01 correctly indicated.

We know that the Folsom junior quarterback is going to start facing some tougher defenses in the Delta River League, but he only needs 40 more TD passes (as of Sept. 21) and that offense is showing no signs of slowing down.

OUTLOOK: Jesuit had to take a back seat to Delta River league rival Sheldon - Elk Grove in recent years as the Huskies captured the last four D - I titles, so the Marauders are plenty hungry to return to glory.

Pleasant Grove shared the Delta River League title in 2010 and won it outright in 2012, setting up a unique opportunity for James and Lee as four - year varsity players at the 7 - year - old school.

Recall that Million was once declared wanted by Lagos State former Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, in December 2012, after he led a four - man gang of kidnappers to abduct former Majority Leader of Lagos State House of Assembly, Tofeeq Adeniji, in Lagos, and took him through the rivers to Delta State, where he demanded N30 million as ransom.

In seeking the freeze order, the consultant disclosed that the states owe him as follows: Abia state - $ 11,325,000 and N1.72 bn; Cross River state owes $ 8,050,000 and N1.2 bn; while, Delta state government owes $ 27,274,135 and N3bn.

The INEC Chairman listed the 11 leading states in the on - going CVR exercise as: Rivers, Anambra, Borno, Delta, Lagos, Cross River, Osun, Enugu, Kano and Plateau.

The largest flume is a 12 - meter tilting version that can model many river conditions; another flume models the languid process of a nearly flat river bed forming a delta as it reaches a pool.

Aldo Leopold, an American ecologist, forester, environmentalist, and author of A Sand County Almanac (1949), once described this Colorado River Delta as a «milk and honey wilderness where egrets gathered like a snowstorm, jaguars roamed, and wild melons grew.»

By studying core samples taken from the river delta, the research team, led by Zhen Li of East China Normal University in Shanghai and colleagues, detected patterns and sizes of charcoal to indicate fire distance (small particles can travel farther than 100 meters, whereas larger ones stay put) as well as pollen to deduce the presence of either crops or nonagricultural flora.

In the town of Delta Junction, which sits adjacent to the Delta River far downstream from the Jarvis and Gulkana glaciers, the water table drops more than 33 feet each winter as the aquifers drain.

Senior author Barbara Romanowicz, a UC Berkeley professor of earth and planetary science, noted that the connections between the lower - mantle plumes and the volcanic hotspots are not direct because the tops of the plumes spread out like the delta of a river as they merge with the less viscous upper mantle rock.

The outlets of the Mississippi River also known as the Bird's Foot Delta have been prograding, or spreading, naturally for hundreds of years, but that has now stopped.

As John Kerry's boat winds its way along the turbid waters of the Cai Nuoc river in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, the U.S.

California pledged on Monday to restore 80,000 acres of the depleted Sacramento - San Joaquin River Delta as part of a massive project to send fresh water from mountain streams in the north to farmers and residents in the parched south.

So Gaetano Di Achille and Brian Hynek of the University of Colorado, Boulder, considered 52 martian deltas — piles of river - borne sediment — that formed at the level of some body of standing water, as the Mississippi delta is forming at the level of the Gulf of Mexico.

One major change in this year's annual list is the inclusion of several river basins, such as the Citarum River in Indonesia or the Niger River Delta, rather than just major industrial sriver basins, such as the Citarum River in Indonesia or the Niger River Delta, rather than just major industrial sRiver in Indonesia or the Niger River Delta, rather than just major industrial sRiver Delta, rather than just major industrial sites.

As the sun peeks over the horizon at the Tutakoke River field camp in Alaska's Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, chambers dot a field used to study how a warmer Arctic is affecting migratory animals and the tundra plants they feed on.

As a side effect, the annual supply of plant detritus — one way a delta disconnected from its river can maintain its elevation — was seriously reduced.

Tens of millions of farmers could be forced from large river deltas, such as the Nile, Yangtze, Mekong, Indus and the combined delta of the Ganges and Brahmaputra, where some 100 million Bangladeshis live.

«Many parts of the coast can, with forward planning, adapt to sea - level rise, but we need to better understand environments that will struggle to adapt, such as developing countries with large low - lying river deltas sensitive to salinisation, or coral reefs and particularly small, remote islands or poorer communities,» said Dr Brown.

By contrast, a river - dominated delta, such as the Mississippi's, is shaped by a stronger river, which deposits sand faster than ocean waves can push back, creating a crenulated coastline.

The Mississippi River delta is a rich ecosystem of barrier islands, estuaries, and wetlands that's home to a diverse mix of wildlife — as well as more than 2 million people.

A delta's coastline can be relatively smooth, with most sand depositing from the main river, or it can fan out in the shape of a bird's foot, as the river bifurcates into tributaries and channels, each of which deposits sand in finger - like projections.

Deltas can also sink as old river sediments compact under their own weight and water carrying replacement sediments is held back by dams or diverted for irrigation.

SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters)- California pledged on Monday to restore 80,000 acres of the depleted Sacramento - San Joaquin River Delta as part of a massive project to send fresh water from mountain streams in the north to farmers and residents in the parched south.

River deltas, low - lying landforms that host critical and diverse ecosystems as well as high concentrations of human population, face an uncertain future.

Water can wash sediment, such as gravel or pebbles, down from a creek, into a river, and eventually to that river's delta.

Deltas form as rivers empty their water and sediment into another body of water, such as an ocean, lake, or another river.

That's because river deltas are growing as erosion carries soil towards the sea.

Also known as Delta Eridani, Rana (the «frog») is located less than 29.5 light - years (ly) away in the north central part (03:43:14.90 - 09:45:48.22, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Eridanus, the River.

Egypt's heartland, the Nile River valley and delta, was the home of one of the Dating is a stage of romantic relationships in humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a

Remembered as the worst spill in U.S. history, the incident involved a BP - operated rig exploding and sinking near the Mississippi River Delta before it unloaded millions of gallons of crude oil into the water for over a month.

This year brings renewed enthusiasm as we embark on a big plan to restore connectivity and natural processes on the delta of the Fraser River estuary...

Over the past four decades, Shun Tak has expanded its business footprint across the Pearl River Delta and beyond through the operation of TurboJET, Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, Shun Tak - CITS Coach (Macao) Limited, Artyzen Hospitality Group, as well as multiple hotel assets and travel agencies.

The Thai capital, Bangkok and the nearby provinces surround the base of the Chao Phraya river delta as it empties out into the Gulf of Thailand.

We listened in amazement as our guide explained that giant sturgeons - fish that have existed since the time dinosaurs roamed the earth and can live to well over one hundred years - once swam 1,200 miles upstream from the delta to spawn in the section of the river around Vienna.

You can also use your home swap as a base from which to take day trips to places such as El Tigre (the Parana river delta), an «estancia» or ranch, or the feria de Mataderos.

Beginning at the Prohibition - themed River City Saloon, the journey continues to the famed Delta King riverboat, which used to be known as the floating hotspot for illegal drinking and gambling (and now permanently docked on the river in Old SacrameRiver City Saloon, the journey continues to the famed Delta King riverboat, which used to be known as the floating hotspot for illegal drinking and gambling (and now permanently docked on the river in Old Sacrameriver in Old Sacramento).

The app takes advantage of ARKit technology to render different river systems, such as those in the African savannas, Himalayan mountains or the river deltas of Southeast Asia.

Major exhibitions open in south China, showing there is more to Pearl River Delta than vast factories by Lisa Movius 10 December 2015 The derelict Dacheng Flour Factory in Shenzhen is to become a permanent exhibition space as part of a creative industries park.

Initiated in the 1990s and spanning four continents, Reality Hacking consists of over 300 interventions to date, including such varied works as RH No. 320 (Snow Monsters)(2015), a constellation of twelve marble snowmen in various stages of melting that occupied the plaza outside of the Flatiron Building in New York City; RH No. 202 (2002 — 2003), a composition performed by the Ensemble for New Music Zurich based on a recording the artist made of a glass shelf filled with crystal objects crashing down a flight of stairs; RH No. 200 (2002), an artificial doughnut - shaped island built at the delta of a river in Switzerland using rocks and earth from the construction of a nearby tunnel; and RH No. 244 (2007), a snowman installed at the southernmost point of the African continent.

Like much of Jennifer Odem's work, the installation is related to water, the lifeline and threat to the peoples of coastal Louisiana, as well as to populations of the entire Gulf shorelines and river deltas.

Lau is researching into the Pearl River Delta region as well as the representation of triads in Hong Kong cinema.

Lau is researching into the Pear River Delta region as well as the representation of triads in Hong Kong cinema.

Turning its gaze upon the Pearl River Delta region and taking the sociological issue of population mobility as its foundation, the group exhibition «Adrift» observes and reflects on the phenomenon of migration through the contexts of the works on display, and the dialogues that occur between them.

Standouts include Carrie Mae Weems» holographic narrative about race, sex, and politics portrayed by ghostly characters on a burlesque stage; The Propeller Group's video that draws parallels between funeral practices in Vietnam and New Orleans, along with the collective's sculptures of tricked - out musical instruments, which were also photographed with members of Louisiana marching bands; Glenn Kaino's installation of water tanks that turn military machines into coral reefs; Jean - Michel Basquiat's paintings and works on paper that reference the cultural legacy of the Mississippi Delta and the South; Camille Henrot's video exploration of the universe by way of the storage rooms of the Smithsonian Institution; Tavares Strachan's 100 - foot long neon sign declaring «You belong here» from a barge on the Mississippi River; and Andrea Fraser's monologue, in which she recreated a heated debate by New Orleans city council members during a 1991 vote to racially integrate the Mardi Gras krewes — changing her voice and expression as she dynamically alternated between speakers, both black and white.

[2011 paper 157 cites] Exploring high - end scenarios for local sea level rise to develop flood protection strategies for a low - lying delta — the Netherlands as an example Sea level rise, especially combined with possible changes in storm surges and increased river discharge resulting from climate change, poses a major threat in low - lying river deltas.