Sentences with phrase «of alluvial»

Parts of the comprehensive Queensland alternative state regime that were rejected by the Commonwealth Senate were the provisions in relation to the creation or variation of alluvial gold and tin mining claims and leases.

• You met a friend / fiancé online • You've never met face to face • Your correspondent professed love at warp speed • Your friend / fiancé is plagued with medical problems requiring loans from you • You are promised repayment upon the inheritance of alluvial gold or gems • You've sent large sums for visas or plane tickets but the person can not seem to make it out of Ghana • When your friend does try to leave the country, h / she is detained by immigration officials demanding payment or bribes • Your correspondent consistently uses lower case «i's» and / or grammar not in - keeping with their supposed life station or education level Cases bearing these and other hallmarks have all proven to be scams intended to separate sympathetic people from their money.We advise Americans not to send money to people they have never actually met.

«LA is not a desert,» insisted author D.J. Waldie, referring to the water table in layers of alluvial fan underneath the metropolis, but you'd never know it.

By the end of the year it had attracted around 1 500 gold prospectors with their sluice boxes, in search of alluvial gold along the banks of the creek.

PHYSICAL FEATURES & CLIMATE The reserve runs along the banks of the Belize River, in an area of alluvial sods, good for agriculture, at an elevation of approximately 80 feet above sea level.

«We landed in the best possible place within the landing ellipse — the bottom of an alluvial fan.»

Spectral analysis identified the presence of a 22.9 - year cycle in piezometric levels of the alluvial aquifer of the Huasco River.

On Earth, the most reliable way to measure the ages of alluvial fans is by radiocarbon dating — but that requires organic carbon, which we haven't yet found on Mars.

Evolution of alluvial mudrock forced by early land plants.

Dr Bawumia know very well that part of the reasons why the Zimbabwean people are languishing in poverty with low infrastructure development in many parts of its rural zones is this wholesale handing out of the country's mineral resources over the last three decades costing the country millions of jobs.Is Dr Bawumia aware that Zimbabwe has runout of alluvial diamonds at a time when the country has been allowed to sell its gems on the global market.

Not exact matches

I am pleased to say that even during the worst of the correction, Alluvial Fund's holdings held up very well.

Vancouver based, Odin Mining has the Cangrejos gold project in El Oro province, southern Ecuador, 30 km southeast of the port city of Machala which Odin Mining identified as the source of the Biron alluvial gold deposit which yielded 69,000 ounces.

The soil structure falls into three main categories: rather naked and rough mountaintops; slopes that have been smoothed and covered with deposits of limestone, sandstone, or marly clay, and small alluvial plains.

Babylonia was rich in its alluvial soil, the age - long deposit of the Euphrates and the Tigris, those two great rivers that year after year unceasingly carried their load of silt to a resting - place, first in the Persian Gulf, then in the swamps that were slowly forming, and at length in the plain which gradually emerged from the waters, though at inundation each year it once again was claimed by the floods that had made it.

Soil and conditions are typical of AVAs with alluvial ancient riverbed cobbled clay.

The appellation encompasses more than 6,500 acres of prime vineyards, planted on the elevated terraces and alluvial fans of the Santa Lucia mountain range.

On the environment, an Akufo - Addo government, he said, would implement a policy that will lead to the effective management of forest reserves, the recovery of millions of acres of land devastated by open - cast and alluvial mining, and the protection of water bodies, stressing that «protecting our environment is a necessity, not an option».

Alluvial islands stretch out in the direction of the current, preceded and extended by sandbanks; they are partially covered by mangrove trees, seen in red in this image.

Here we see a vast alluvial cone between the Altun and Kunlun mountains on the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert.

Situated along the proposed southern dispersal route, the Al Sibetah alluvial fan sequence provides a unique and sensitive record of landscape change in southeast Arabia.

The few such expanses are the cocoa and earthnut zones of West Africa, the White Highlands and the Kikuyu Reserve in Kenya, the coffee areas of Kenya and Tanganyika, the maize lands in parts of the Rhodesias, the alluvial sugar - cane soils of Mozambique and the cotton soils of the Sudan.

The Madre de Dios region has a long history of small - scale alluvial gold - mining, but the rise in international gold prices in the past decade has brought a boom in the activity.

When comparing the distribution of red and yellow - tagged buildings to the underlying sedimentary basin, to the pre-1950 development of Napa and to the recent alluvial geology of Napa Valley, the most severe damage correlates to the age of the buildings — pre-1950 construction — and their location within the basin.

With 3 million hectares of good alluvial land, half of which can be irrigated easily, Mali could become a breadbasket.

But the new study shows a strong correlation between elevated arsenic concentrations and high soil pH. Infiltration of irrigation water through alkaline topsoil and young alluvial sediments may thus contribute to arsenic enrichment in groundwater.

This project will address these threats by adopting a holistic approach to the protection of marine life, seabirds and alluvial forest habitats.

An alluvial fan is a triangle - shaped deposit of gravel, sand, and smaller materials called alluvium.

During the 1990s, and into this decade, rebel armies in parts of Africa exploited alluvial diamond fields to finance wars against legitimate governments.

An alluvial fan is a pattern of sedimentary rocks, dirt, and sand deposited by flowing water â $ «in this case, perhaps an ancient Martian river.

Be the first to cross the finish line in this exciting board game that tests the students spelling ability of words associated with LANDFORMS Extremely valuable opportunity to enhance themed Vocabulary building Enlarge A4 to A3 playing board Extra large playing board 89 cm x 63 cm (needs assembling), or use it as an exciting classroom wall display 24 starter landform words: alluvial, crevasse, archipelago....

Farther along, he proudly points out what he considers the playground's pièce de résistance, another water pump set in a plot of dirt just the right consistency to make dark, viscous mud for castles, mud pies, dams, waterfalls, alluvial floodplains, and other joy - producing, pint - size hydrologic projects.

Along the clay road, Mike's red truck cuts slowly between tall rows of sugarcane, sassy, silvery tassels waving in the October sun, extending across an alluvial plain as far as the eye can see.

The restoration crew works to restore the hillside alluvial fan that was previously depositing excessive amounts of sediment in Redwood Creek below.

Both of these river valleys possess fertile alluvial soils and have supported considerable cultivation and human settlement.

Alluvial deposits of varying fertility cover the relatively flat landscapes of the coastal plains.

Varieties of Vegetation types are there in Bowen like Capsicum, rock melons, tomatoes due to alluvial soil.

For millions of years diamonds have been carried to the Atlantic by the Orange River, creating one of the richest alluvial diamond fields in the world on the West Coast.

The dry climate plus fertile alluvial soil, make Bowen an ideal place to grow a wide variety of small crops, including tomatoes, rockmelons, capsicums and mangoes.

Benefit from the therapeutic power of the Atlantic Ocean, its climate, marine products like algae, seaweed and alluvial mud and enhance your health and well - being.

It is 14 kilometres long and 3 kilometres at it widest point, covering an area of 2553 hectares where the fertile alluvial soil and ready waters of the river are used for the cultivation of sultana grapes, lucerne, pecan nuts and even cotton.

The hotel sits on the edge of what was the richest alluvial goldfield in the world.

The small township of Chewton was once a bustling hub for the miners who found their way to the world's richest alluvial goldfields.

It is situated in the beautiful Tarana valley of the central tablelands, and the rich alluvial river soil is being used to grow wine grapes.

At the Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre, learn how Chinese miners travelling overland from Robe in South Australia discovered the Canton Lead, one of the world's richest shallow alluvial goldfields.

The inland town of Ballarat sprang to prominence during the 1850s gold rush due to the discovery of a huge seam of easily - extractable alluvial gold at nearby Poverty Point.

The Urubamba alluvial basin is an almost continuous zone of arable and pastoral farming land.

Fast flowing rivers, deep ravines, rugged saddles, and alluvial slopes score the surface of the island.

In Zhou Yilun's art, this cocktail of contradictory cultural elements doesn't have the alluvial and demanding vehemence of other artists sharing the same genre, but a type of guilelessness, pleasant purity which finally offers the feeling of comfortable honesty and freedom regarding personal expectation and prejudice.

Mui Ca Mau, Viet Nam, on the southern tip of the country, demonstrates ecological succession systems on new alluvial lands.

Living many years at the margin of old logging, more recent logging, a ridgeline overlooking an alluvial valley where a small city is growing and similar cities extend to the horizon in inland coastal range mountains in CA, I am reminded often of the coolness in the tall forest contrasting to the heat generated on sunny days where forests are discontinuous because of logging or absent because of urban growth.