Sentences with phrase «coastal river in»

Samir was appointed by the Bombay High Court on a Committee to assess the impacts of development on the tidal movement of a coastal river in Mumbai.

Incessant mountain rain, snow and melting glaciers in a comparatively small region of land that hugs the southern Alaska coast and empties fresh water into the Gulf of Alaska would create the sixth largest coastal river in the world if it emerged as a single stream, a recent study shows.

Most of the coastal rivers in North America once teemed with great runs of anadromous fishes — organisms that hatch in inland freshwater streams, migrate to the salty sea, then return to the streams to spawn.

Not exact matches

Critics have said the program provides a misguided tax subsidy to coastal and river valley property owners, encouraging development in flood - prone, often environmentally sensitive areas such as wetlands.

«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.

There is logic in this: the rivers contain little feed during the cold months, and even in the summertime the coastal streams of the Northwest lack the heavy insect life and big fly hatches of more easterly waters.

The news of Indian Point's potential closure comes weeks after the state Court of Appeals dealt Entergy a setback in its bid for a new license, interpreting state coastal water rules in a way that gave Cuomo's administration more authority over whether the plant could operate in the Hudson River.

«With our exceptional rivers, lakes and coastal waters, New York is home to some of the best recreational boating in the nation,» Governor Cuomo said.

[246][248] Tourism Landmarks, National Border, Region and Terrestrial plain of the 4th Republic of Ghana Coastal Plain Accra, Apam, Cape Coast, Elmina, Kakum National Park, Kokrobite, Nzulezo, Sekondi - Takoradi, Ada Foah The Gulf of Guinea coastal plain with the seat of government and capital city, several castles and forts and the best preserved rainforest in Ghana Ashanti - Kwahu Koforidua, Kumasi, Obuasi, Sunyani Forested hills and the ancient Kingdom of Ashanti Volta Basin Tamale massive and world's largest Lake Volta, the river system that feeds it and Ghana eastern border crossing Northern Plains Wa, Bolgatanga, Mole National Park Savanna plains and north Ghana trade route and border crossing

[241] The attractions and major tourist destinations of Ghana include a warm, tropical climate year - round; diverse wildlife; exotic waterfalls such as Kintampo Waterfalls and the largest waterfall in west Africa, Wli Waterfalls; Ghana's coastal palm - lined sandy beaches; caves; mountains, rivers; meteorite impact crater and reservoirs and lakes such as Lake Bosumtwi or Bosumtwi meteorite crater and the largest man - made lake in the world by surface area, Lake Volta; dozens of castles and forts; UNESCO World Heritage Sites; nature reserves and national parks.

And in the environmental impact statement, Pilgrim officials wrote: «While crude oil shipment downriver is a relatively recent phenomena on the Hudson River, the increasing production of crude in North America because of fracking, and Canadian tar sands, is likely to result in increasing demand to move the crude oil to coastal areas for shipment to refineries.

Homeowners in certain areas of the UK are at increased risk of coastal, river or groundwater flooding, and many homeowners have already experienced the devastation that flooding brings.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli (dee - NAP» - oh - lee) says in a report released Thursday that the health of New Yorkers and their environment suffers when untreated wastewater spills into rivers, streams and coastal areas.

Indian Point is antiquated and does not belong on the Hudson River in close proximity to New York City, where it poses a threat not only to the coastal resources and uses of the river, but to millions of New Yorkers living and working in the surrounding community.&rRiver in close proximity to New York City, where it poses a threat not only to the coastal resources and uses of the river, but to millions of New Yorkers living and working in the surrounding community.&rriver, but to millions of New Yorkers living and working in the surrounding community.»

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says in a report released Thursday that the health of New Yorkers and their environment suffers when untreated wastewater spills into rivers, streams and coastal areas.

We are seeing nitrate pollution in the Gulf of Mexico and a lot of our coastal oceans near the mouth of rivers that are downstream from Big Ag production regions that use a lot of fertilizers.

Nitrogen accumulation in large lakes can lead to nitrogen pollution downstream, in rivers and coastal areas.

Excess amounts from human activities often end up in rivers, streams and coastal environments, causing algal blooms, loss of sea grass and low oxygen levels in the water, which can kill large numbers of fish and other organisms.

The telling hot spot recently observed in the southeast was discovered when the Indian River Lagoon on Florida's Atlantic coast, known for its algae blooms and blankets of dead fish, became much saltier after 2011, and study lead author Arnoldo Valle - Levinson, professor of civil and coastal engineering sciences in UF's College of Engineering, began to investigate the situation.

The Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans also has to juggle an immense number of stakeholders and their needs when managing the Fraser sockeye: coastal fisheries with different gear types, the in - river First Nations harvest, and one of the largest recreational fisheries in Canada.

In the regions that will be affected, the majority of people don't live in cities, but villages near coastal areas and low - lying river valleys where they cultivate crops and tend livestocIn the regions that will be affected, the majority of people don't live in cities, but villages near coastal areas and low - lying river valleys where they cultivate crops and tend livestocin cities, but villages near coastal areas and low - lying river valleys where they cultivate crops and tend livestock.

According to Ittekkot, the results show that the shift in nutrients has «altered the biogeochemistry not just of the river and the adjacent coastal waters, but also of the entire Black Sea Basin.»

They report in Global Biogeochemical Cycles that, of the carbon entering coastal waters from rivers and the atmosphere, about 20 percent is buried while 80 percent flows out to the open ocean.

For example, coastal areas or areas in the flood plain of a river are more likely to experience a natural disaster, whereas areas at higher elevation are at lower risk.

«Urban organics» thus remain at higher levels longer, says Canuel, «delivering more organic material to the river mouth and increasing the likelihood that low - oxygen conditions will develop in downstream locations such as estuaries and the coastal ocean.»

«The best example in the U.S. is the Mississippi River, where there are significant efforts to replenish coastal Louisiana,» he said.

He believes that boats did not become necessary until modern humans had already left Africa on foot and confronted coastal mangrove swamps and great river mouths in southern Asia.

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission conducts stock assessments of 23 key coastal fish stocks, and completed a major benchmark stock assessment for river herring in May 2012.

A total of fifteen adult alligators from Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and Guana River in coastal Florida were equipped with Crittercam.

All eyes were on southeast Florida's St. Lucie Estuary in 2016 as it received national attention due to beach closures on the Fourth of July weekend from the massive amounts of toxic green slime that covered parts of the 7 - mile - long inlet linked to a coastal river system.

Eels migrate twice in their lifetime: once as four inch — long larvae from the Sargasso Sea to coastal waters and rivers of Europe and Northern Africa, and again after maturing for a decade or more, when they return to the Sargasso to spawn and die.

SEATTLE — Between outbreaks, cholera hides in coastal waters and rivers.

Tidal amplification is common in estuaries and river deltas around the world, agrees coastal engineer Marcel Stive of Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.

The research, published in Nature Geoscience and led by researchers from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, the University of Exeter, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et l'Environnement, the University of Hawai'i and ETH Zürich, has for the first time shown that increased leaching of carbon from soil, mainly due to deforestation, sewage inputs and increased weathering, has resulted in less carbon being stored on land and more stored in rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs, estuaries and coastal zones — environments that are together known as the «land - ocean aquatic continuum».

Professor Pierre Friedlingstein from the University of Exeter said: «Carbon storage in sediments in these rivers and coastal regions could present a more secure environment than carbon stored in soil on land.

The scientists detailed their best effort to come up with estimates of carbon cycling in three subsets of coastal areas: those dominated by river outlets, others consisting of filtering estuaries and bays, and the continental shelf — any coastal water reaching a depth of about 200 meters or fewer.

New research suggests that human activity could be increasing the movement of carbon from land to rivers, estuaries and the coastal zone indicating that large quantities of anthropogenic carbon may be hidden in regions not previously considered.

The eddies are formed by strong outflow currents from coastal rivers that are rich in nutrients from spring snowmelt.

Under the general term of labile N and P species were included those readily leachable forms, which in short time spans (e.g., months), can reach marine coastal or continental (lakes, rivers, etc.) waters.

A dead forest in coastal Washington records a great earthquake that occurred about A.D. 1700, a century before Lewis and Clark explored the mouth of the nearby Columbia River.

The remainder stay in the effluent water which is released back into the environment — oceans for coastal towns, rivers for inland.

The Big History shows that civilizations flourished in favorable areas for agriculture and trade, such as river basins and coastal areas.

REF is currently working in the coastal regions of the Mississippi River Basin in Louisiana to restore a part of the one million acres that contain approximately 40 — 45 % of the wetlands found in the continental U.S. Wetlands feed downstream waters, trap floodwaters, recharge groundwater, remove pollution, and provide fish and wildlife habitat.

Salmon, trout, and other fish such as the lamprey, sculpin, redside shiner, shad, sturgeon, candlefish and the large - scale sucker who spend their lives in coastal streams and rivers in the Pacific Northwest can be infected with the organism Neorickettsia helmonthoeca.

Just the short ride from Courtenay or Campbell River to the top of the ski hill is pretty, with views to the east that include the Strait of Georgia, a maze of small islands, and the coastal mountains on the mainland in the distance.

Set off on a 12 - day multi-sport adventure, paddling along the pristine northern coast in a sea kayak, hiking coastal trails between soaring mountains and the Tasman Sea, trekking across a glacier that descends through a rain forest, and black - water rafting on a subterranean river.

Established in 1929, this predominately old growth coastal redwoods park is bisected by the last major free flowing river in California, the Smith Rriver in California, the Smith RiverRiver.

Head east to witness some stunning coastal views in quaint tourist towns like Cannon Beach or Newport, or just 20 minutes west to the towering Columbia River Gorge.

DAY 1 Travelling in a purpose built 4WD vehicle your experienced driver / guide will pick you up from your Cairns Accommodation and start your adventure travelling north along the scenic coastal road to Daintree River where you will enjoy morning tea and a 1 hour River Cruise.

On arrival in Nanaimo, begin the coastal drive to Campbell River.