Sentences with phrase «river estuary in»

Located along the Douro river estuary in Northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European centres and in 1996 its historical core was proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Located along the Douro river estuary in Northern Portugal, Porto boats one of the oldest European centres, and its historical core was proclaimed a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1996.

Little Qualicum River Estuary in Qualicum Beach beside Hwy 19A provides a well - suited site for launching a canoe, light - weight boat or canoe.

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The trees and soil, the rivers, lakes and estuaries, the populations of birds and mammals, also have a right to life — not an absolute right, but a right that must be considered in relation to human rights.

Maldon is, first, a place — a town in the county Essex on the River Blackwater, an estuary in the east of England.

Hudson River Estuary We began sampling the Hudson in 2006, and in 2008 started our full - estuary sampling project, in partnership with CUNY Queens College and Columbia University's Lamont - Doherty Earth ObserEstuary We began sampling the Hudson in 2006, and in 2008 started our full - estuary sampling project, in partnership with CUNY Queens College and Columbia University's Lamont - Doherty Earth Obserestuary sampling project, in partnership with CUNY Queens College and Columbia University's Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory.

Impacts to wildlife in Haverstraw Bay, one of the most important spawning areas and nurseries for fish throughout the Hudson River Estuary and the Atlantic Coast.

This website is updated with support from the Hudson River Estuary Program, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, with support from the New York State Environmental Protection Fund, in cooperation with the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission.

(Airs 2/16/17) WAMC's Alan Chartock In Conversation with Hudson River Estuary Coordinator Fran Dunwell and her colleague, Naturalist Tom Lake from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.

The Columbia River has previously been identified as an area with high marine mammal consumption of salmon, specifically by seals and sea lions in the estuary.

In March 1986 Atwater drove west from Seattle toward Neah Bay and Cape Flattery, on the northwestern tip of Washington State, and started searching the beaches, tide marshes, and river estuaries for clues about whether the outer coast had risen or dropped.

The findings, published in Environmental Science and Technology, are part of long - term efforts to improve water quality in the Bronx River Estuary.

The research, by the University of Sydney's Marine Studies Institute and the Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry at Southern Cross University, is the first long term study of such a large and important Southern Hemisphere system referred to as a drowned river valley, which in Sydney spans estuaries from Middle Harbour to Lane Cove and Parramatta.

In eastern Canada, the Saint Lawrence River widens into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the world's largest estuary.

The Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve in California is one of four estuaries that experiences a high level of climate sensitivity.

On the Indonesian island of Sumatra, a hoard of Chinese coins found in a river estuary attest to regional commerce routes combining to create the greater Indian Ocean network.

The larvae of the Argentinean flying squid hatch near the River Plate estuary, off the coast of Argentina, every year in July.

Once lost in the North Sea, the animal probably followed its instinct to head west and accidentally entered the River Thames estuary.

Up to five people left the series of footprints in mud on the bank of an ancient river estuary over 800,000 years ago at Happisburgh in northeast Norfolk.

«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.»

Nosing in and out of estuaries, including New York's East River (where he did not linger), Chessie made it to Point Judith, Rhode Island — a distance of more than 2,000 miles and a manatee migration record — before finally turning south on August 16.

Juvenile salmon sampled off the Northwest Coast in 2017 were especially small and scarce, suggesting that poor feeding conditions off the Columbia River Estuary may remain.

There are many places in the world where you can see bottlenose dolphins, but the dolphins swimming in the Port River estuary near Adelaide, Australia, are special.

He has been researching salmon in the Skeena River estuary for three years.

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.

A centerpiece of the plan, to be implemented over 50 years, is a 65 km long tunnel designed to ferry water from the Sacramento River north of the delta around the estuary to farmers in the Central Valley and cities in southern California.

«These improvements within the local watershed combined with increased storage and nutrient management north of Lake Okeechobee would collectively improve the conditions in both the St. Lucie Estuary, adjacent portions of the Indian River Lagoon, and the nearshore reefs downstream of the St. Lucie Inlet while better protecting human health.»

Simon Fraser University scientist Jonathan Moore has authored new research suggesting that a proposed controversial terminal to load fossil fuels in the Skeena River estuary has more far - reaching risks than previously recognized.

Some of the most chronic blooms are occurring in Lake Erie, Cape Fear River, Patos Lagoon Estuary in Brazil, and Lake Taihu in China.

«Salmon vulernability: Proposed controversial terminal to load fossil fuels in Skeena River estuary has far - reaching risks.»

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».

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.

«Tracking how nutrient levels are changing in streams, rivers and groundwater, and how the estuary is responding to these changes, is critical information for evaluating overall progress in improving the health of the bay,» said William Werkheiser, USGS associate director for water.

In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency found stormwater runoff to be one of the top 10 causes of compromised environments in rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, reservoirs, bays, and estuarieIn the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency found stormwater runoff to be one of the top 10 causes of compromised environments in rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, reservoirs, bays, and estuariein rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, reservoirs, bays, and estuaries.

Lowest readings of dissolved oxygen were found in late summers, as is the case in other estuaries along the Oregon coast, when incoming salty seawater settles longer in the estuary and warmer, drier conditions reduce the amount of fresh water from the Coos River.

Current research includes studies of the food web structure and biogeochemistry of Arctic streams and rivers, nitrogen cycling in headwater streams and estuaries, and the impacts of climate change on the freshwater cycle of the Arctic.

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Standing on the River Hull in the Humber Estuary, lies Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull.

The city is located in the estuary of the Douro River in northern Portugal.

It includes information about: * Why rivers are crucial to life on Earth, * River sources, * River channels, * Tributaries, confluences and flood plains, * Erosion and deposition, * Waterfalls and rapids, * Estuaries and deltas, * Rivers and settlements, * Pollution in rivers, * Leisure time.

Following graduate school, he led teams of biologists studying the effects of pollutants on the ecology of many of the major rivers, lakes and estuaries in the United States.

But up in Dittisham — Dit» sum as they called it — we found a strangely isolated printery, situated just at the place where the estuary became the River Dart, and there we found members of that better - educated class — I mean printers.

Indeed, the pretty harbour - side is at the estuary of the only river in the Balearics, with a restored Roman bridge just upstream.

Le Pondy, in Pondicherry, is a premium leisure resort at an estuary between Chunnambar River and the Bay of Bengal.

It has six cottages in a beautifully landscaped garden with a view of the Casamance river estuary.

Constructed in the late 17th century, the majestic fortress is now a UNESCO World Heritage site and affords a magnificent panorama over the river and estuary.

Surrounded both by the St Lucia river estuary and the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, St Lucia is in the heart of an unspoilt natural heritage.

We're one of many who return to this peaceful refuge where a couple of chalets and a cottage lie on the banks of the Goukou River estuary and a wild organic vegetable garden, set in amidst a series of olive groves,...