silting of reservoirs
1Reservoirs and dams in Laos — Hydro electric power is one of the few significant resources in Laos with an estimated (theoretical) potential of 18000MW. A section of the Theun Hinboun Dam © Laurence McGrath, 2005 All existing and potential dams are on tributaries of Laos s… …
2silting — The deposition of silt in wells, caves, or reservoirs [16] …
3заиление водохранилищ — Процесс занесения чаши водохранилища наносами. [ГОСТ 19179 73] Тематики гидрология суши Обобщающие термины озера и водохранилища EN silting of reservoirs FR envasement de retenue …
4Dam — This article is about structures for water impoundment. For other uses, see Dam (disambiguation). Hoover Dam, a concrete arch gravity dam in Black Canyon of the Colorado River. Lake Mead in the background is impounded by the dam …
5River Torrens — Infobox River river name = River Torrens caption = View of Elder Park and Riverside Precinct from Torrens Lake. origin = Mount Pleasant, Mount Lofty Ranges mouth = Gulf Saint Vincent at Henley Beach South basin countries = length = 85 kilometres… …
6Orange River — River, southern Africa. It rises in the Lesotho Highlands as the Sinqu River and flows west as the Orange across South Africa. It passes the southern edge of the Kalahari Desert and winds through the Namib Desert before draining into the Atlantic …
7CISTERN — (Heb. בּוֹר, bor), a subterranean artificially hewn reservoir for storing rainwater. Common in the highland regions of Palestine, diversion channels brought surface run off rainwater during the short rainy season to the mouth of the cistern.… …
8San Joaquin River — Coordinates: 38°04′00″N 121°51′04″W / 38.0666667°N 121.85111°W / 38.0666667; 121.85111 …
9Nizam Sagar — Location Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh, India Construction began 1923 Dam and spillways Impounds Godavari River Nizam Sagar Dam (Telugu: న …
10river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …
