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reservoir

[rez-er-vwahr, -vwawr, -vawr, rez-uh-] / ˈrɛz ərˌvwɑr, -ˌvwɔr, -ˌvɔr, ˈrɛz ə- /


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I regularly “walk the day off” there, or stroll around the Silver Lake reservoir after work to unwind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

When such enormous volumes of magma escape from underground, the rock above the emptied reservoir can collapse, leaving behind a broad, relatively shallow depression known as a caldera.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

By examining the seismic measurements, the team was able to determine the approximate size and shape of the underground reservoir.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

An unidentified man whose body was discovered in a reservoir in mid Wales two years ago may not have been of white ethnicity as previously thought, an inquest heard.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

We can still loop around the fire and double back to the reservoir.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Elsewhere across England, despite the wetter October, there hasn't been enough rain to top up the majority of our reservoirs.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

“You pump water out of the rivers to put in reservoirs so that these farmers have water in the desert,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Researchers believe the process identified beneath Kikai may help explain why other enormous caldera systems, including Yellowstone and Toba, also contain large magma reservoirs relatively close to Earth's surface.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

This has depleted reservoirs in Colorado, New Mexico and Texas, imperiling the many communities that depend on the river for drinking water and irrigation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

So what used to be mini neighborhood reservoirs are now all as dry as our sinks.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman


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