"river" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- On Aug. 1, the river breached it, topping street lights and forcing 34,000 people to evacuate.
- Following extensive rains in the catchment, in March 2012 there were flooding alerts, however the river did not breach its banks.
- Every time the river eventually breached the slide and drained the lake, leaving a flat-bottomed valley.
- In the early afternoon the river breached its bank opposite the Tawfikia mosque and invaded part of the market.
- Despite this the river breached many times forming several pools which you can see today.
- The river breached the north abutment of the dam, then soon after the south end just left of the spillway went with it.
- The river therefore breached its banks easily, and used to cause frequent major flooding, until it was regulated from the 1960s onward.
- However heavy rain can still cause large scale flooding as evidenced in September, 2008 when 16 people died as the river breached its banks.
- Finally in 1912, the river breached the levee that protected the post destroying the road, railroad, and a trolly-car tracks.
- The river has breached its banks on the lower flood plain several times in the past and is now monitored by the local rivers authority.
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