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Several Pleistocene glacial episodes scooped out the river bed into the sea basin.
This type of ecological succession from a freshwater to marine ecosystem is typical of river estuaries.
In fact, the most extensive brackish water habitats worldwide are estuaries, where a river meets the sea.
The Bronx River, which flows through the Bronx and Westchester County, is the only entirely fresh water river in the city.
Clay was dumped on the river bed to seal the hole and the tunnel was drained but mining was now more difficult.
This word was derived from the river Ebro, which the Romans called Hiberus.
By 22 December 2003 at the latest, a competent authority had to be designated for each of the river basin districts.
In addition, member states have to analyse the characteristics of each river basin and have to carry out an economic analysis of water use.
Nine years after the entry into force of the directive, a management plan must be produced for each river basin district.
Furthermore, there have been significant delays in the analysis of the characteristics of each river basin.
Before the first railroads appeared in the 1840s, river transport constituted the main means of communication and trade.
The river appears in the Ebro Treaty of 226 BC between Rome and Carthage, setting the limit of Carthaginian interest at the Ebro.
On arrival in Georgetown, Waugh arranged a river trip by steam launch into the interior.
The Tagus is the longest river in the peninsula and, like the Douro, flows westwards with its lower course in Portugal.
In the east were the Picts, whose kingdoms eventually stretched from the river Forth to Shetland.
I have many times felt pity for the river Alyn at the point where it loses itself in the Dee.
In 1991 the sculpture department moved to a converted factory across the river Thames in Battersea.
Their development, diffusion and long range changes are determined by the great river systems.
The avenue was aligned with the setting sun on the summer solstice and led from the river to the timber circle.
The Cornish pilot gig was designed and built to ferry harbour and river pilots to and from ships in fierce coastal waters.
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In fact that line never meets the river since the river's source is further south.
The cooling water will typically come from a natural body of water such as a river or lake.
The condenser is a heat exchanger which is connected to a secondary side such as a river or a cooling tower.
Eventually a horseshoe bend is formed and the river cuts through the narrow neck.
These form where sediment from the main river blocks a tributary, usually in the form of a levee.
In lowland river valleys where a river can meander, the presence of peat is explained by the infilling of historical oxbow lakes.
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river.
In some cases a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water.
Common Brittonic survives today in a few English place names and river names.
The water in a river is usually confined to a channel, made up of a stream bed between banks.
The narcissus is considered sacred to both Hades and Persephone, and to grow along the banks of the river Styx in the underworld.
The tenth battle was waged on the banks of a river which is called Tribruit.
A substantial British force met the Romans at a river crossing thought to be near Rochester on the River Medway.
There are rare cases of river bifurcation in which a river divides and the resultant flows ending in different seas.
A river flowing in its channel is a source of energy which acts on the river channel to change its shape and form.
They were pursued by the Romans across the river causing some Roman losses in the marshes of Essex.
Sometimes the river will cut off a loop, shortening the channel and forming an oxbow lake or billabong.
At least one division of auxiliary Batavian troops swam across the river as a separate force.
Bedrock rivers form when the river downcuts through the modern sediments and into the underlying bedrock.
A river usually flowed through the city, providing water, transport, and sewage disposal.
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The organisms in the riparian zone respond to changes in river channel location and patterns of flow.
Understanding and characterising river water chemistry requires a well designed and managed sampling and analysis.
Some rivers generate brackish water by having their river mouth in the ocean.
The majority of the erosion of river channels and the erosion and deposition on the associated floodplains occur during the flood stage.
In many developed areas, human activity has changed the form of river channels, altering magnitudes and frequencies of flooding.
Rivers flowing downhill, from river source to river mouth, do not necessarily take the shortest path.
They were normally supplied with water from an adjacent river or stream, or by aqueduct.
Over time, this will deepen the river bed and create steeper sides which are then weathered.
A lock at Naburn on the Ouse to the south of York means that the river in York is no longer tidal.
Hydraulic action and abrasion are what erodes the soft rock and the water to fall down to the river bed.
Waste flushed from the latrines flowed through a central channel into the main sewage system and thence into a nearby river or stream.
The river Waal not only has a sharp bend near Nijmegen, it also forms a bottleneck.
A system of eleven aqueducts supplied the city with water from as far away as the river Anio.
Under Viking rule the city became a major river port, part of the extensive Viking trading routes throughout northern Europe.
South of Karigasniemi the area surrounding the river is very sparsely populated.
It contains the Churchill River, the largest river in Labrador and one of the largest in Canada.
Angeli, which lies opposite Basevouvdi on the Norwegian side, is the largest settlement along the river south of Karigasniemi.
The city grew up as a river port at the confluence of the River Ouse and the River Foss.
Constantine sent a small force north of the town in an attempt to cross the river unnoticed.
His second, third, fourth, and fifth battles were above another river which is called Dubglas and is in the region of Linnuis.
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He built a great empire stretching from the Danube river to the Baltic Sea.
North of the town, the Inn river leaves the Northern Limestone Alps and enters the Bavarian Alpine Foreland.
Incorporated into the Roman Empire in 15 BC, the Inn river formed the border between the Roman provinces of Raetia and Noricum.
The largest river is the River Teifi which forms the border with Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire for part of its length.
Much of the alluvium in the river plains had not yet been deposited and the tidal river estuaries extended much further inland.
In the beginning of the 900's, Vikings had established an encampment and base in the lower parts of the Seine river around Rouen.
To protect the country from river flooding, another program is already being executed.
Established in 1655, the ferry has run continuously since, only ceasing operation every winter when the river freezes over.
Herzogenrath began in the 11th century as a settlement called Rode near the river Wurm.
The border follows the Argun and Amur river to the confluence of the latter with the Ussuri River.
Upon reaching Airth on the south shore and Kincardine on the north, the river begins to widen and becomes the Firth of Forth.
After its confluence with the Teith and Allan, the river is sufficiently wide that a significant bridge is required.
Perth is home to a Sheriff Court, located in a listed building on the banks of the river Tay.
They would even be employed on occasion, especially in the later Empire, as field artillery during battles or in support of river crossings.
At the west end, two options for crossing the river and canal were developed.
Both these companies also compete in the smaller river ferry industry with a number of other ship builders.
The other involved a bridge over the river and an aqueduct under the canal.
Ultimately it was decided that a bridge over the river and a tunnel under the canal were the best option, allow more expensive.
Opposite it on the other side of the river is Shrewsbury High School, an independent girls' day school.
Shrewsbury, being almost entirely encircled by the River Severn, has nine bridges across the river and many that cross the Rea Brook.
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The river rises at a height of 1500 feet on the southern side of Ben More Assynt, and flows just over 35 miles.
The longest river in the UK, the River Severn, flows through the town, forming a meander around its centre.
David's brother, King Edgar, had visited William Rufus in May 1099 and bequeathed to David extensive territory to the south of the river Forth.
Canal boats could enter the river at high tide to load goods directly onto seagoing vessels.
The bay was formed from the drowned river valleys of the Susquehanna River and the James River.
The Schuylkill river that flows into the Delaware at Philadelphia is also a Dutch name meaning hidden or skulking river.
As time went on for various reasons the river by Scone became less navigable.
The river Nith runs through Dumfries toward the Solway Firth in a southwards direction splitting the town into East and West.
For three hours the forces stared each other down, neither willing to attempt an opposed river crossing.
The situation changed when Napoleon forced Spain to return Louisiana to France in 1802 and threatened to close the river to American vessels.
He moved across the river to Southwark by 1599, the same year his company constructed the Globe Theatre there.
A British attempt to break out of the siege across the river at Gloucester Point failed when a storm hit.
By 1604, he had moved north of the river again, to an area north of St Paul's Cathedral with many fine houses.
He then took the stake to the river Lochy and put it underwater, and returning later he saw a large salmon had gotten impaled on it.
After Rupert captured Bristol in July 1643, Charles visited the port city and lay siege to Gloucester, further up the river Severn.
The river system has salmon fisheries on many of its tributaries including the Earn, Isla, Ericht, Tummel, Garry, Dochart, Lyon and Eden.
During the battle, Cromwell switched his reserves from one side of the river Severn to the other and back again.
The Lower Churchill Project will develop the remaining potential of the river and supply it to provincial consumers.
The river cruises start from a riverside area known as the Groves, which contains seating and a bandstand.
Its closest and only surviving living relative is the African river martin, also very localized in central Africa.
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According to the Mammal Society and the Dutch Water Board, this will cause a threat to the river dikes.
London Bridge was the only physical connection between the City and the south side of the river Thames and was itself covered with houses.
In Transbaikalia, boars are restricted to river valleys with nutpine and shrubs.
By that time, the city's official boundary was the river Sava, since nothing was built over it.
The river valley largely comprises alluvium deposits and there are also igneous intrusions of olivine dolerite throughout the area.
The Civic Centre is located just north of The Centre on the bank of the river Almond.
One interpretation of the placename is that it means 'green river' as in the Welsh river named Irfon.
The longest river in the British Isles, the Shannon, rises at the Shannon Pot in County Cavan with underground tributaries from County Fermanagh.
The piped water had already failed which they were designed to use, but parts of the river bank could still be reached.
Stirling stands on the Forth at the point where the river widens and becomes tidal.
Some of these can be seen in damming of the river as well as illegal fishing activity.
The Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary has been created in the Ganges river for the protection of the animals.
The number of Celtic river names in England generally increases from east to west, a map showing these being given by Jackson.
The Chronicle of Nestor adds that he preached along the Black Sea and the Dnieper river as far as Kiev, and from there he traveled to Novgorod.
It had burned down several churches and, he estimated, 300 houses and reached the river front.
In the evening, Evelyn reported that the river was covered with barges and boats making their escape piled with goods.
It was built directly over the River Clyde, sitting between the two river bridges, above the level of the tracks.
Eight men were saved from drowning by rowing boats positioned in the river under the working areas.
Four days later, on Good Friday, he was buried beside the river Dwyfor in Llanystumdwy.
From the middle of the 5th century the Germanic raiders began to settle in the eastern river valleys.
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My Samithi Headquarters was not jeepable and one has to wallow across a small river to reach that place.
There were also problems caused by silting around the entrance to the Mersey and by the changing channels of the river itself.
Some 29 river navigation improvements took place in the 16th and 17th centuries starting with the Thames locks and the River Wey Navigation.
Then desiring to live a hermit's life, Gildas built a hermitage devoted to the Trinity on the banks of the river at Glastonbury.
Of all these, the Belgae too, on the side of the Sequani and the Helvetii, upon the river Rhine, and stretches toward the north.
For much of its length the river forms part of the border between England and Wales.
In Powys the river lies within the Radnorshire Environmentally Sensitive Area.
Weirs were removed all along the Wye in Herefordshire, making the river passable to the western boundary, and beyond it at least to Hay on Wye.
The first Act for navigational improvement in England was in 1425, for improvement of the river Lea, a major tributary of the River Thames.
Between its source and Bala Lake the river is known by its Welsh name, Afon Dyfrdwy.
Legend tells that the waters of the river pass through Bala Lake and emerge undiluted and unmixed at the outflow.
Skirting the village of Llanfor, the path of the river takes it past Llandderfel and under the Grade II listed Pont Fawr bridge.
The restrictions of coastal shipping and river transport were obvious, and horses and carts could only carry one or two tons of cargo at a time.
Beyond this point the river forms the boundary between Wrexham County Borough in Wales and Shropshire in the West Midlands of England.
There are also fewer than ten pilot whales, Amazon river dolphins, Risso's dolphins, spinner dolphins, or tucuxi in captivity.
The river bridge at Commins Coch is so narrow and set at such an angle that only one vehicle at a time can pass.
With the fort now in British control Wellesley was able to extend control southwards to the river Godavari.
On 23 September, Wellesley led his forces over a ford in the river Kaitna and the Battle of Assaye commenced.
In the Second Battle of Porto he crossed the Douro river in a daylight coup de main, and routed Marshal Soult's French troops in Porto.
The first is the Queen's Park Suspension Bridge, which forms the only exclusively pedestrian footway across the river in Chester.
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After that, the Western Allies slowly pushed into Germany, but failed to cross the Ruhr river in a large offensive.
A 2006 survey found no individuals of the Yangtze river dolphin, which now appears to be functionally extinct.
Large parts of the catchment are devoted to agriculture and there a number of abstractions made from the river for summer irrigation.
The main impact on the river of these industries is their thirst for a dependable good quality water supply.
However, the dredging of the river for the barge may be responsible for a weakening of the tidal bore.
The offensive in the Rhine river valley area started on 7 September, four days after France declared war on Germany.
Common names for the alewife are gaspereau, river herring, sawbelly, or kiack.
Carmarthenshire, the southeastern part of Dyfed, is mostly hilly, except for the river valleys and coastal strip.
The River Towy is the largest river and drains into the Bristol Channel, as do the River Loughor, the River Gwendraeth and the River Taf.
William moved up the Thames valley to cross the river at Wallingford, where he received the submission of Stigand.
The site of Aberdyfi Castle however is usually said to be at the motte earthworks further up the river near Glandyfi.
The Dovey Yacht Club has a prominent position on the river front of the village.
The Aberdovey Literary Institute, founded in 1882, is situated on the river front.
The river and its tributaries powered dozens of mills, and sheep in the surrounding grassland supplied fleeces to be made into woollen products.
Victoria Tower Gardens is open as a public park along the side of the river south of the palace.
The 115th Brigade crossed the river and cleared several German positions facing them, took at least 30 prisoners and captured 15 machine guns.
The settlement soon became a flourishing river port and crossroads, giving rise to vast cotton kingdoms along the river.
The Ouse is the name given to the river after its confluence with the Ure at Ouse Gill Beck.
The most southerly Yorkshire tributary is the River Don, which flows northwards to join the main river at Goole.
Thrybergh Mill is east of the river off the A630, making steel bar, in a rolling mill.
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There is a public riverside walk along the river bank, opened in stages over recent years.
The only section not running along the river is a short stretch at Queenhithe.
The Indus river dolphin has a sleep method that is different from that of other dolphin species.
Conflicts with the Danes in 876 left the river Tyne and its settlements in ruin.
The river was the economic backbone of the region, providing an important means of transport, trade and communication.
Here the river has incised into the margins of the Old Red Sandstone plateau to form a gorge with substantial river cliffs.
The lower reaches of the river are called the Tideway, derived from its long tidal reach up to Teddington Lock.
Its catchment area covers a large part of South Eastern and a small part of Western England and the river is fed by 38 named tributaries.
The Thames is the longest river entirely in England, but the River Severn, which is partly in Wales, is the longest river in the United Kingdom.
The Lower Wye landscape was formed by the river acting on a series of layers of rock that dip towards the Forest of Dean.
This leads to a landscape of hills and plains, as well as substantial meanders which have formed impressive river cliffs.
The longest river in Britain, the River Severn, has its source on the mountain, as do the rivers Wye and Rheidol.
Elements of the division's pioneers joined in the assault on the heights beyond the river and aided in the capture of the position.
Subsequent development led to the continuation of the course that the river follows at the present day.
They were supplied with water from an adjacent river or stream, or more normally, by an aqueduct.
Various species of birds feed off the river or nest on it, some being found both at sea and inland.
The mute swan is a familiar sight on the river but the escaped black swan is more rare.
Many types of British birds also live alongside the river, although they are not specific to the river habitat.
The river forms a natural boundary between the two countries.
There is evidence of human habitation living off the river along its length dating back to Neolithic times.
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As early as the 1300s, the Thames was used to dispose of waste matter produced in the city of London, thus turning the river into an open sewer.
After temperatures began to rise again, starting in 1814, the river stopped freezing over.
In the late 18th and 19th centuries people known as Mudlarks scavenged in the river mud for a meagre living.
The river had an unnaturally warm temperature caused by chemical reactions in the water, which also removed the water's oxygen.
This account I am transmitting down the river by canoe, and it may be our last word to those who are interested in our fate.
They deepened the river so that larger boats could sail through.
The river begins as a trickle of water from a cleft in the rock.
Alongside the entire river runs the Thames Path, a National Route for walkers and cyclists.
Along the course of the river a number of smaller private companies also offer river trips at Oxford, Wallingford, Reading and Hampton Court.
They dug trenches near the river to redirect the flow of the water.
Between the sea and Teddington Lock, the river forms part of the Port of London and navigation is administered by the Port of London Authority.
Waters links Nodens with the Seven Bore and the association of the Celtic deity with the river is explored at length by Rogers.
Used to be apple orchards, used to be the river and irrigation ditches that watered the apples, used to be mining towns.
In the late 16th century the river seems to have been reopened for navigation from Henley to Burcot.
In fact, at first bluff, Hughes appeared to be the sort of man I could spend a lot of time with, both on the river and off.
Before bridges were built, the main means of crossing the river was by ferry.
The Woolwich Ferry carries cars and passengers across the river in the Thames Gateway and links the North Circular and South Circular roads.
This suggests that London's pollution affects the spatial distribution of natural carbon in the river sediments.
Its light glimmered on the river and on the wings of carrion fowl awheel overhead.
Skiffing has dwindled in favour of private motor boat ownership but is competed on the river in the summer months.
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The workings of the river and the influence of the tides are described with great accuracy.
I have known a very good fisher angle diligently four or six hours for a river carp, and not have a bite.
I grabbed them and splashed across the river and up the far bank, backed deep into a boobialla bush and pulled them in after me.
The river gave its name to Merseybeat, developed by bands from Liverpool, notably the Beatles.
Caissons were enclosed dry chambers built on river beds to facilitate the construction of bridge piers.
The river is tidal from Howley Weir in Warrington, although high spring tides often top the weir.
West of Warrington the river widens, and then narrows as it passes through the Runcorn Gap between the towns of Runcorn and Widnes, in Halton.
The course of the river then heads north, with Liverpool to the east and the Wirral Peninsula to the west.
Not far from the city of Candia, where the king of Ceylon generally resides, is a river which flows down from one of the mountains.
A river is continually picking up and dropping solid particles of rock and soil from its bed throughout its length.
Scientists found a cocktail of pollutants in the river downstream from the chemical factory.
It has become a tourist attraction offering cruises that provide an overview of the river and surrounding areas.
East of Warrington, the M6 motorway crosses the river and the Manchester Ship Canal on the Thelwall Viaduct.
Salmon have returned to the river and have been seen jumping at Woolston and Howley Weirs between September and November.
Although river craft can continue upstream to Howley Weir, there are no landing or mooring facilities.
It is possible to canoe on parts of the river between Stockport and Carrington.
The combined efforts of the emergency workers kept the river from going over its banks, barely.
The river continuously flows to the sea, it will never pause to let us cross on dry land.
It was situated on the Ganges, at the place where this river received a contributary stream.
Fluvial processes include the motion of sediment and erosion or deposition on the river bed.
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Aside from these, river channel desiltations, dredgings, restoration of dikes and the construction of bridges and classrooms were done.
There is also a river Tyne that rises in Midlothian in Scotland and flows through East Lothian into the North Sea.
The river systems of India and Bangladesh are rife with diarrhoeal disease.
The river then discharges into the Bristol Channel which in turn discharges into the Celtic Sea and the wider Atlantic Ocean.
However this stretch of the river has little traffic, other than small pleasure boats, canoes and some tour boats in Shrewsbury.
The three teenagers, a girl and two boys, were playing by the river when it is believed they got into difficulty.
At Upper Parting above Gloucester, the river divides into two, and flows either side of Alney Island to Lower Parting.
In the tidal section of the river below Gloucester, the Gloucester Harbour Trustees are the competent harbour authority.
The company's post war the nearest, so I jest took down the river in that direcshun.
The river becomes tidal at Maisemore, on the West Channel just north of Gloucester, and at Llanthony Weir on the East Channel.
As its name implies, it stays close to coastal areas or river estuaries, and as such, is the most familiar porpoise to whale watchers.
Deposition can occur due to dam emplacement that causes the river to pool, and deposit its entire load or due to base level rise.
There are a number of viewpoints from which the bore can be seen, or viewers can walk along the river bank or floodbanks.
As the bed of the estuary starts to rise and the sides continue to converge, the bore forms and begins to surge up the river in a tidal stream.
The wave travels upstream against the river current at a speed of 8 to 13 miles per hour.
Above Langney Sands, the river abruptly narrows to a hundred yards, the sands diminish and the channel occupies the whole of the river.
The River Severn is considered a navigable river and Gloucester used to be an important port, with shipping having to deal with the bore.
Hazards in high water conditions can include floating trees, collapsing portions of river bank, overhanging branches and even dead farm animals.
Large bores can be particularly unsafe for shipping but also present opportunities for river surfing.
It will not be easy to guard a hundred miles' length of ferriable river against him.
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The Dales comprises river valleys and the hills, rising from the Vale of York westwards to the hilltops of the Pennine watershed.
The southern Cheviot hills encompass the slopes running down to the valley of the river Coquet.
Except for the river valleys and wind gaps, the crest of the escarpment is almost continuous along its length.
It is seen most commonly in soft water or blackwater river systems such as those mimicking the Amazon River basin.
Dunes on the bed of a channel significantly increase flow resistance, their presence and growth playing a major part in river flooding.
Flint axes have also been found on river terraces at Farnham, on Walton and Banstead Heaths and on the crest of the escarpment above Folkestone.
Four river valleys cut through the South Downs, namely those of the rivers Arun, Adur, Ouse and Cuckmere, providing a contrasting landscape.
The river and the Barle Valley are both designated as biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
The adjoining figure represents an under-shot wheel in floody water, or when the river is high, and the water up to its shaft.
Later, river deltas formed and the sediments deposited were colonised by swamps and rain forest.
A river of sea water, called the Atlantic North Equatorial Current, flows westward off the coast of Central Africa.
South of the river there has also been expansion with new areas such as Edwalton and West Bridgford, adding to Nottingham's urban sprawl.
By fluviograph and rating table the volume was 19,636 cubic feet, the difference.being explained by the fact that the river was falling rapidly.
The tides and currents of the river frequently shift mud and sand in the harbour.
Ampthill Clay was dug from the local area for the maintenance of river banks and Kimmeridge Clay at Roswell Pits for the making of pottery wares.
The river valleys form a bowl surrounding the city on the north, east and west and open to the Truro River in the south.
St Paul's Church, built with a tower on a river bed with poor foundations, has fallen into disrepair, and is no longer in use.
Seven leagues above the mouth of the river we meet with two other passes, as large as the middle one by which we entered.
Great quantities of it were found on the banks of the river Issus, one of the tributaries of the Euphrates.
There is a skate park in the south of the park with walks along the river Arrow through the Country Park to the Forge Mill Museum in the north.
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Trains instead had to follow a lengthy route via Gloucester, where the river was narrow enough to be crossed by a bridge.
Within a few decades of the development of the river and canal steamboat, the first steamships began to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
Hovercraft service is suspended for several weeks each year while the river is beginning to freeze to minimize damage to the river ice surface.
Two double track lines along opposite sides of a river can operate as a quadruple track.
It is also thought that prior to the ice ages, the estuary received larger river flows as the upper Severn flowed into the Dee near Chirk.
The current position of the English Channel was a large river flowing westwards and fed by tributaries that later became the Thames and Seine.
The city of Rome grew from settlements around a ford on the river Tiber, a crossroads of traffic and trade.
The longue duree of river and rocks throws into relief the trivial pursuits of the dying man whose last thoughts are of a briefer time span.
He got to Dawson before the river froze, and now I suppose I won't hear any more until spring.
Gildas calls Alban a martyr of Verulamium but says he crossed the river Thames prior to his execution, during the persecution of Diocletian.
He occasionally performed episcopal functions in Mercia and Kent, but never did so north of the river Humber.
The remoteness of the place and the rapids at the Dnepr river effectively guarded the place from invasions of vengeful powers.
Nanak conferred his choice at the town of Kartarpur on the banks of the river Ravi, where Nanak had finally settled down after his travels.
If the holy river overcome him and he is drowned, the man who put the spell upon him shall take possession of his house.
If the holy river declares him innocent and he remains unharmed the man who laid the spell shall be put to death.
He that plunged into the river shall take possession of the house of him who laid the spell upon him.
This other man's force was like that of a river which frothingly redoubles its fury wherever a rock would pose an obstacle.
All the major bases near rivers featured some sort of fortified naval installation, one side of which was formed by the river or lake.
Kensington Meadows is an area of mixed woodland and open meadow next to the river which has been designated as a local nature reserve.
Its position allowed it to dominate the Fosse Way, as well as the river valley and the crossing over the River Avon.
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Tidal mixing forces exceed river output, resulting in a well mixed water column and the disappearance of the vertical salinity gradient.
As tidal forcing increases, river output becomes less than the marine input.
Arthur returns to Britain and defeats and kills Modredus on the river Camblam in Cornwall, but he is mortally wounded.
There is a small river in the north of the park called the Battle Bourne running to the Thames near Datchet.
Common green corridors include railway embankments, river banks and roadside grass verges.
Its name is believed to be derived from the Latin name of the river Iseur now the River Ure.
He was provided with a house on the river at Blackfriars, then just outside the City and hence avoiding the monopoly of the Painters Guild.
He later bought a second holding to the south, at Rennie, on a rock overlooking the river Blackwater in North Cork.
Fog from the river rolled up the street and the windows were grimed by soot, but Cartwright had not turned on the electric light.
Also in March, the Shelleys moved with Claire and Alba to Albion House at Marlow, Buckinghamshire, a large, damp building on the river Thames.
Rawlins leaned from the saddle and wet his hand in the river and tasted it. It's gypwater, he said.
Evaporation, precipitation, river inflow and sea ice melting influence surface salinity values.
Protected from excessive summer heat by river breezes and a canopy of oak trees, the house was an agreeable place to live in.
As sea levels rose, the river valley became flooded, and the chalk ridge line west of the Needles breached to form the island.
He sailed down the Amur and finally discovered the mouth of that great river from land.
In this type of estuary, river output greatly exceeds marine input and tidal effects have a minor importance.
In August 1282, part of the Genoese fleet blockaded Pisan commerce near the river Arno.
In subsequent decades, WHO largely eradicated polio, river blindness, and leprosy.
The Pennines are an important water catchment area with numerous reservoirs in the head streams of the river valleys.
This broad definition also includes fjords, lagoons, river mouths, and tidal creeks.

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