Sentences with phrase «rivers as»

Excess flood insurance is available in all parts of the country — in high - risk flood zones along the coast and close to major rivers as well as in areas of lower risk.

But now, we are entering a new era where people are increasingly viewing clean, healthy, free - flowing rivers as valuable community assets.

I believe big Al now lives there along side Leonardo DiCaprio and other rich greens, so I am sure they would have no problem cutting off fossil fuel use in California in favor of a 100 % renewable portfolio made up completely of wind and solar, along with any hydro that currently exists, unless they want to undam the rivers as well.

Power plants extract water from nearby rivers as part of their necessary cooling systems.

Some 90 percent of fish residing in the ocean rely on coastal wetlands, mangrove swamps, or rivers as spawning areas.

They will disappear, leaving their rivers as trickles in late summer and fall, unless the growth of carbon dioxide is reversed.

I think if you only fly over the interior and only see the rivers as blue streaks against the land, it's hard to appreciate how economically significant they are, and what a significant instance of federally maintained infrastructure they are; and coal and oil are among the most significant commodities on the rivers.

This series stems from Gosling's interest in rivers as gateways into the country, the early settlements along the Potomac River, and the way in which the choice of Washington as the Capital changed those communities.

Working across a variety of media, from resin, silicon, PVC print and iron to aluminium, bamboo wood and reflective fabric, the works are separated from the viewers by a river of poisoned water, which, recalling such mythological rivers as the Styx and the Acheron, situates them in a limbo.

Shay commands the Morrigan, a ship with a shallower draft than Kenway's vessel allowing you to venture down rivers as well.

The Emerald Liberte will sail France's Rhone and Saone rivers as part of the Sensations of Southern France itinerary from Lyon to Avignon.

Located away from the south and in the mountains where you will find tropical forest, streams, waterfalls and rivers as well as temples and valleys and not forgetting the Tanaraga Giri Lake and surrounding paddies.

the natural sights of the Ubud area are incredible with plenty classic Balinese and Indonesian sights available such as the mountains, the rice paddies and the valleys and rivers as well as the classic Balinese cultural happenings including the daily ceremonies and many events that the Balinese celebrate with huge shows of dedication.

For the diver there is a wealth of spectacular coral reefs to explore on the coastline, for the fishing enthusiast many miles of unspoilt rivers as well as coastal waters provide a challenging experience.

Located at the confluence of the Chongwe and Zambezi Rivers, The Chongwe River Camp's pool has views of the rivers as well as the terrain.

In the surrounding area of the lodge you will find some of the amazing lakes, rivers as well as wetlands that is rich in biodiversity.

Ideal for any time of the day, but sunset and evenings are particularly romantic and beautiful on the mooloolah river and canals based out of mooloolaba, for a small travel surcharge this cruise can be conducted on any of the sunshine coast waterways such as the noosa - and maroochydore rivers as well as the pumicestone passage.

Excess flood insurance is available in all parts of the country — in high - risk flood zones along the coast and close to major rivers as well as in areas of lower risk.

Apocalypse Now is so overheated and pretentious, in fact, that the best way to explain its thematic core might be through an examination of the ways it uses three T.S. Eliot poems (The Wasteland, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Hollow Men) and nods obliquely towards a fourth (The Dry Salvages, which refers to the animalism of rivers as the «brown god»).

As a result, replanting of riparian vegetation along the rivers as an incentive scheme with local farmers has reduced the flow of these pollutants into the sea.

Network of conducting and insulating rivers as seen in a metal - oxide in the middle of a phase transition.

A previous California resources secretary proposed building bigger dams on California's rivers as a solution to the water crisis.

In the United States, for example, western states have long argued over who owns what fraction of the water in such rivers as the Colorado.

They believe, however, that they can extend their results to all large meandering rivers in the region as a working hypothesis, concluding that the «combined results of this and other studies significantly weaken the postulated role of rivers as major drivers of Amazonian diversification.»

All these cooking fires are, in effect, drying the region, both by contributing to the melting of glaciers that feed Asia's major rivers as well as by decreasing the evaporation that drives rainfall.

Flood warnings remain in effect today for at least 11 creeks and rivers as water continues to rise.

Not only does it imply all other things — trees and rivers as well — indeed it may be said to have tree - and - river nature within it, to be inseparable from tree and river in reality.

He sees trees as trees, rivers as rivers, and mountains as mountains.

In Colorado's Weld County, home to Peppler's farm and more than 19,000 active oil and gas wells, some officials see selling unneeded portions of their allotments from the Colorado River as a way to shore up city budgets.

The state government has talked up the benefits of its transport plan for the new Perth Stadium, with up to 23,000 patrons expected to take one of the two bridges crossing the Swan River as they exit the stadium after an event.

He sees Blue River as part of agriculture's evolution toward greater sustainability, both financially and ecologically.

That cash infusion will fund the CA$ 65 million heavy oil acquisition in Pease River as well as pay down debt and provide additional flexibility for capex.

«We received some drinking water on the 28th [of September] but it is already finished, and I can't let the children drink water from the river as they might get ill.

«We received some drinking water on the 28th [September] but it is already finished, and I can't let the children drink water from the river as they might get ill.

My sisters used to «baptize» me all the time when we went swimming in the river as kids.

Mingana speaks of a large number of converts beyond the Oxus river as a result of missionary work undertaken by Elliya, the metropolitan of Men» in the seventh century.

All of which has led to suspicions that the WSL may have been acting in cancelling Margaret River as much out of recognition of Medina's displeasure as out of a genuine and well - founded concern for the welfare of its surfers.

If anybody could claim to be the father of Margaret River as a wine region, he could.

It features comfortable couches and chairs, teak flooring, while a glass railing all along the edge allows for majestic views of the Chao Phraya River as you sip your drink of choice.

It isn't that bad but people here treat going across the river as if you are crossing the bridge over Kwai.

The operators of the nearest sewer treatment plants to Niagara Falls say they would never find themselves in a position to blacken the Niagara River as the Niagara Falls plant did last Saturday.

Removing PCBs from the river was ordered by the federal government in a landmark 2002 order, decades after General Electric Co. legally discharged the chemical into the river as part of its upstate operations.

The drive to rename the bridge — known across the East River as the 59th Street Bridge because it connects 59th Street in Manhattan with Queens Plaza in Long Island City — after the city's 105th mayor began with its current one.

If you can use the Odo River as one boundary.

The Japanese government has also approved a proposal for the construction of a new bridge across the Volta River as part of the Eastern Corridor Road Development Project.

Japan today announced the restoration of its YEN loan portfolio to Ghana, with the approval of a proposal for the construction of a new bridge across the Volta River as part of the Eastern Corridor Road Development Project.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday indicated it was nearing the end of its cleanup of PCB - laden sediment from the Hudson River as the agency announced the public comment period for a second five - year review of the project.

Over 500 Hudson Valley Friends of the NRA members attend dinner in Pearl River as protestors urge them to support restrictions

Irving, N.Y. (WBEN)- The Seneca Nation of Indians Saturday announced progress in their public fight against an energy giant's plans to utilize the Allegheny River as part of its wastewater treatment plan.

State Canal Corporation employees work on the Mohawk River as they set navigation buoys for the Erie Canal just below Lock 7 on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in Niskayuna, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union archive)