reservoir

Example Sentences

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That leaves the Southwest in a quagmire with uncertain repercussions while the river’s depleted reservoirs continue to decline.

From Los Angeles Times

"Since the start of January, discharges from dams and reservoirs have been the equivalent of about a year of our country's water consumption," Maria Graça Carvalho told Portuguese media.

From BBC

Chemical fingerprinting indicates that microbial sources, including wetlands, inland waters, reservoirs, and agriculture, were responsible for most of the observed changes.

From Science Daily

Soil stores an estimated 2,500 billion tons of carbon, making it one of the planet's largest carbon reservoirs, second only to the ocean.

From Science Daily

The states also disagree on how much water should be released from dams in the upper watershed to prevent the river’s two largest reservoirs, Lake Powell and Lake Mead, from falling to perilously low levels.

From Los Angeles Times