"load" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Because of the heavy silt load of the Colorado, Bridge Canyon Reservoir would eventually fill with sediment, rendering it useless.
- Results have reduced the massive silt loads to the Yellow River by about one percent.
- Further, the silt load has been estimated at 80,000 tonnes per year with 70% contribution from the Telabal nallah, with 36,000 tonnes recorded as settling in the lake.
- In order to capture excess water for use when needed and for flood control and electricity generation, several dams have been built, but their expected life is limited due to the high silt load.
- As a result, the river carries a greater silt load and scours its banks far more quickly.
- The presence of this indicator species shows good water quality; it has vanished from some locations due to pollution or increased silt load in streams.
- Large lowland rivers, such as the Missouri River and Mississippi River, have high silt loads, covering the gravel and rocks that madtoms require for nesting and diurnal refugia.
- Excessive silt load in the lake has lowered the storage.
- Powers (2002) recommended the immediate reduction of silt loads occurring from agricultural and urban runoff, sewage waste, and other sources of pollution.
- The new Umfolozi canal resulted in the unfiltered water depositing its silt load after entering the slower moving St. Lucia Estuary.
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