Sentences with phrase «changing drainage patterns»

Previously, scientists proposed that changes in the circulation of molten material in Earth's mantle — the slow - flowing material that lies between our planet's core and its crust — pushed the terrain east of the Andes upward, thereby changing drainage patterns.

Vast tracts of land were cleared of forest cover and given over to tobacco plantations which changed drainage patterns and coastal aquifer recharge rates.

Not exact matches

«Other than the budgeting, we still have a lot of drainage issues throughout the town and with the changing weather patterns these days, we really have to work with that.

Shifts in subglacial drainage patterns change the location of these basal channels, which could impact the ice shelf's stability by unevenly distributing the melting at the base.

Natural ones include intraplate stress changes related to plate tectonics and natural water table or lake level variations caused by changing weather patterns or water drainage patterns over time, or advance or retreat of glaciers.

* alteration of natural drainage patterns, causing fisheries impacts and changes in vegetation.

New commercial and residential developments can also cause floods due to changes in natural drainage patterns.