Bosporus
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Bosporus (Karadeniz Bogazi), Turkey A strait linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara from
boğaz ‘throat’; Karadeniz means ‘Black Sea’. The English name, sometimes spelt Bosphorus, comes from the Greek and means ‘Ox Ford’ from
bous ‘ox’ and
poros ‘ford’.
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The Brigalow Catchment Study: II *. Clearing brigalow (Acacia harpophylla) for cropping or pasture increases runoff.(Report)
Magazine article from: Australian Journal of Soil Research; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...32% of the Fitzroy Basin Catchment area (Queensland Department of...expected to have an impact on catchment hydrology, with a positive...hydrologic change, the Brigalow Catchment Study commenced in 1965...1976), where 2 similar catchments are selected and subjected...
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The Brigalow Catchment Study: III. * productivity changes on brigalow land cleared for long-term cropping and for grazing.(Report)
Magazine article from: Australian Journal of Soil Research; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Soil types in the catchments comprise associations...occupy 58-70% of the area of each catchment studied, and Sodosols...soil types within the catchments, details of several...design Three contiguous catchments were identified by topographic survey. Catchment 1 (CI, brigalow scrub...
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Water friendly farming initiative targets new catchments.
M2 Presswire; 10/29/2008; 700+ words
; ...health of the entire catchment." The 10 new priority catchments which have been identified...The existing priority catchments which are being extended to take in new areas are: * Peak District...amp; coastal streams area to include Rivers Coquet...but across entire catchment ...
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 "South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Catchment switch upsets schools; Council drives plans forward despite headteachers' fears.(News)
Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales); 10/4/2008; 700+ words
; ...School on the junior site. The catchment for the new school would be...new St Mellons and a further area of Trowbridge ward to the east...one-form entry school. The catchment area would be the Caerau ward...be included in the catchment areas of Coed Glas, Thornhill and...
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Spatial and temporal variations of suspended sediment responses from the subtropical Richmond River catchment, NSW, Australia.(New South Wales)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Australian Journal of Soil Research; 5/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...sediment from any catchment area is a stochastic process...the characteristics of the catchment area, average slope and...vegetation cover, and catchment land use (Williams 1989...suspended sediment from a catchment varies seasonally with runoff...export studies for Australian ...
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Sediment yields and turbidity records from small upland subcatchments in the Warragamba Dam catchment, southern New South Wales.(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Australian Journal of Soil Research; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Metropolitan water supply catchments have traditionally been single...the uses within the supply catchments are inevitable. Storages with agricultural catchments have more potential to suffer...multiple land-use Warragamba catchment (9140 [km.sup.2...FIGURE 1 OMITTED] The area of the ...
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Sustainability indicators and soil conservation: a participatory impact study and self-evaluation of the Catchment Approach of the Ministry of Agriculture, Kenya.
Magazine article from: Journal of Soil and Water Conservation; 7/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...within a specific catchment area (typically 200500 hectares...teams, the formation of catchment committees by the farmers...Participatory approaches for Rapid Catchment Analysis New methodologies...are used during the Rapid Catchment Analyses (RCAs) by interdisciplinary...land degradation ...
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Catchment if you can
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 8/21/2003; 700+ words
; ...being within a certain catchment area, so potential purchasers...Edinburgh the catchment areas can be confusing, so...comes up in the right area. He deals with areas...anything outside the catchment of James Gillespie...Boroughmuir. And it is the area which makes the ...
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NSW: Sydney s water under threat by degraded catchments: report
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 1/4/2000; 527 words
; ...water quality and catchment health in the Mulwaree...and Shoalhaven catchments included urban...bio-solids into catchments areas. The report is...the Hydrological Catchments managed by the Sydney Catchment Authority (SCA...
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Regression models for the prediction of water quality in the stormwater of urban arid catchments.(Report)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...runoff from land surfaces and catchments are much more significant...and other indigenous open areas, wastes and dirt from building...arid areas (Nouh 1991). Catchments, as well as pervious areas...and flash floods. In arid catchments, the variability of temperature...1987c; Nazarov ...
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catchment
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
catchment The area from which a surface watercourse...system derives its water. Catchments are separated by divides . A surface catchment area may overlie an aquifer...aquicludes . In US usage, a catchment is often termed a ‘...
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catchment area
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
catchment area or drainage basin, area drained by a...body of water. The limits of a given catchment area are the heights of land&mdash...river, reservoir, or lake from its catchment area depends on the size of the area...
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Rainwater Harvesting
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
...common components: A catchment area for rainfall interception...conveyance between the catchment and cistern; and Some...for consumptive use . Catchments. A rooftop is the most common rainfall catchment. A 100 square-meter...
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pluvial lakes
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...experienced large fluctuations in area and volume (i.e. changes...have a very large surface area, collecting run-off from...recharged the groundwater of the catchments. Pluvial lakes were common in areas where geological processes...and tectonic regime of the area. Some of the basins are ...
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hydrological cycle
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...precipitation. These include areas where semi-permanent high...regions. At the scale of the catchment or drainage-basin, the hydrological...three outputs (Fig. 1). Catchment inputs; precipitation . Precipitation...controlling the output from the catchment. High-intensity storms are...
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