Fortunately, glaciers are not
the main source of water in rivers flowing out of the Himalayas.
Some of the largest increases projected to occur in the Great Plains and parts of the Southwest and Southeast, which rely on groundwater aquifers as
their main source of water.
Map showing China's glaciers The government first banned visitors to the glacier in October 2006 in order to prevent pollution of Urumqi's
main source of water.
Lake Lanier,
the main source of water for Atlanta, could be dry in 90 days.
The Gibe 3 dam is built on the Omo river, which is shared between Kenya and Ethiopia and is
the main source of water for Lake Turkana.
The brownish free - flowing Butre River that runs through the area has over the past decades been
the main source of water for residents.
In an interview with the GNA on Friday, Mr Emmanuel Kofi Opoku, Central Regional Chief Manager of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), attributed the situation to the erratic power supply to the Brimsu Dam, which is
the main source of water supply to the Metropolis.
The White Volta is
the main source of water supply to five districts including the entire Tamale Metropolitan Area and the Sagnarigu district.
There are three
main sources of water in McLaren Vale which are important to irrigated grape production.
Not exact matches
We get some
water from food, «but drinking
water is your
main, and best
source,
of water,» according to a website maintained by the US National Institutes
of Health.
The kinds
of formula that must be mixed with
water — powdered or liquid concentrates — may increase the chance
of dental fluorosis if they are the child's
main source food and if the
water is fluoridated.
Fluoridated
water and supplements (if your
main source of drinking
water has an insufficient concentration
of fluoride).
In addition, a mechanical engineering firm will be engaged to investigate the
sources of leaks and breaks
of water mains at the complex and propose remediation.
Local groups and citizens held a rally over the weekend to call on the U.S. Department
of Defense to halt PFOS discharges from Stewart Air National Guard base in Newburgh, New York, which drain into the city's
main drinking
water source and the Hudson River.
In May, the public learned
of PFOS contamination in the
main source of drinking
water for Newburgh — Washington Lake.
ü Test your tap
water for lead Lead paint chips and dust are the
main sources of lead exposure.
Senator Schumer on Tuesday visited Washington Lake, the
main source of drinking
water for Newburgh that is contaminated with PFOS.
U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, Assemblyman Frank Skartados, Newburgh City Manager Michael Ciaravino and Riverkeeper are calling on the Department
of Defense to stop the discharge
of PFOS contaminated
water from outfalls at the base to Silver Stream and other tributaries to Washington Lake, the city's
main drinking
water source.
Seggos and Hutton were at the press conference with Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, who announced legislative action he is taking to ensure the Department
of Defense pays for the remediation
of PFOS contamination at Stewart Air National Guard Base and halts PFOS - laden discharges from the base into area
water bodies, including the city's
main drinking
water source, Washington Lake.
In May, Newburgh's
main water source, Lake Washington, tested at more than 140 parts per trillion for Perfluorooctane sulfonate, or PFOS, which is about twice the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's recommended safety limit
of 70 parts per trillion.
Democratic Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney has penned a letter to U.S. Department
of Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, calling for an immediate investigation into the possible cause
of PFOS contamination in Newburgh's
main drinking
water source — outfalls into retention ponds at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Six hours after police shut West Fayette Street because
of a
water main break, a Syracuse
water department crew was still hunting beneath the street for the
source of the leak.
City Manager Michael Ciaravino says the state
of emergency was declared because
of the discovery
of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) in Silver Stream and Washington Lake, the
main source of drinking
water for Newburgh.
The
main sources were
water - rich asteroids and comets bombarding the surfaces and
water vapor hissing out
of volcanoes.
Green leaves use energy from sunlight through photosynthesis to chemically combine carbon dioxide drawn in from the air with
water and nutrients tapped from the ground to produce sugars, which are the
main source of food, fiber and fuel for life on Earth.
Warm
water stresses corals and strips away their symbiotic algae — their
main source of food and the reason they're colorful.
A surprising discovery: The
water vapor emissions from the comet are significantly different from the stores on our planet, suggesting that asteroids, not comets, may have been the
main source of Earth's
water.
Their
main source of food is «marine snow» — a slow drift
of mucus, fecal pellets, and body parts — that sinks down from the surface
waters.
The amount
of groundwater present is a good indicator
of fire risk, said Morton, because the signal persists longer and holds the «memory»
of water in the soil that is the
main source of moisture for trees and vegetation.
In a flying boat, the
main source of buoyancy is the fuselage, which acts much like a ship's hull in the
water.
Their age — approximately 14 million years after the solar system formed — makes them ideal for determining the
source of water in the inner solar system at a time when Earth was in its
main building phase.
The wind can also affect the marine environment, she continued, mixing up the
water column and dispersing the krill, a penguin's
main source of food, which may cause parent penguins to remain at sea for longer periods
of time and cause chicks to be fed less frequently.
Its combination with oxygen in the atmosphere produces energy and
water as its sole by - product, making it one
of the
main candidates to substitute fossil fuels as a
source of energy for the transport sector.
«This is crucial since, if corals are bleached by the sudden arrival
of hot ocean
water and lose the symbiotic algae which are their
main source of energy, they will still die,» he cautions.
I recommend this as your
main source of drinking
water.
Though it has been found in air,
water and dust, the
main source of BPA exposure for most humans is foods and drinks stored in containers that contain it.
The
main sources of concern associated with growth hormone replacement in somatopause include, in no particular order, significant cost
of therapy from $ 250 to $ 1500 per month (depending on dose and manufacturer), side effects
of water retention resulting in joint pain and carpal tunnel syndrome, temporary reduction in insulin sensitivity, and theoretic risk
of cancer.
Year 6 Science Assessments and Tracking Objectives covered: Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including micro-organisms, plants and animals Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics Identify and name the
main parts
of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions
of the heart, blood vessels and blood Recognise the impact
of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function Describe the ways in which nutrients and
water are transported within animals, including humans Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions
of years ago Recognise that living things produce offspring
of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution Recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye Explain that we see things because light travels from light
sources to our eyes or from light
sources to objects and then to our eyes Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them Associate the brightness
of a lamp or the volume
of a buzzer with the number and voltage
of cells used in the circuit Compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness
of bulbs, the loudness
of buzzers and the on / off position
of switches Use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram
They could no longer grow food for their children because nutrients in the soil were depleted; they had no access to firewood, which was their
main source of energy; livestock suffered because there was no vegetation to graze on; and streams were drying up or were polluted by soil runoff, resulting in a lack
of drinking
water.
The Hillsborough River is one
of Tampa's
main sources of fresh
water.
Like any raw meat incorporated into feed rations, turkey and chicken meat which are the
main sources of protein possess 80 %
water in its raw form.
Provide free advice regarding residual
water management which is one
of the
main sources of pollution
of our coastal
waters.
As the
main water source on Gili Trawangan is salt
water this results in much
of the accommodation offering only salt
water showers.
The fertile farmlands
of the state's southwest, as well as the vast, pristine fishing
waters along the WA coast are the
main sources of ingredients that combine freshness with seasonality, resulting in flavoursome combinations that reflect their unspoiled provenance.
Despite their immense size, whale sharks pose little danger to humans because their
main source of food is tiny plankton that they strain out
of the
water.
That is the
main source of more
water vapor and energy (as latent heat) in the air, and consequently weather trouble.
All along its prospective route, the pipeline endangers farms, wildlife and precious
water aquifers — including the Ogallala Aquifer, the US»
main source of freshwater for America's heartland.
The Silent Valley Reservoir in Northern Ireland collects H20 from the Moune Mountains and distributes it as the
main source of drinking
water for the bulk
of County Down and Belfast.
If you live in a rural area in the developing world, in a home where
water doesn't flow through pipes and out
of a faucet, you likely spend hours every day gathering
water from the nearest
source (clean, if possible), which can be miles away or in the case
of Tilwari, a village in northern India, down a steep slope — think the last stretch
of your last hike up a mountain — off the
main road.
Others include, the role
of the Sun (being the
main heat
source), the vast oceans which cover over 70 %
of the Earth's surface (and the natural factors which determine the storage and release
of CO2 back into the atmosphere),
water - vapour being the dominant greenhouse gas comprising 98 %
of the atmosphere, the important role
of low - level clouds which is thought to be a major factor in determining the natural variation
of climate temperatures (P.S. Significantly, computer - models are unable to replicate cloud - formation and coverage — which again — injects bias into model).