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a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)

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Scattered thunderstorm/rain with isolated heavy to very heavy falls may also occur over the catchment area of River Chenab and to some extent River Jhelum including Northeastern Punjab, besides, scattered thunderstorm/rain with isolated heavy falls over the upper catchment of River Indus including Punjab (Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Sahiwal, Bahawalpur and D.G.
The rain-generating monsoon system is also likely to affect upper catchment areas of the Jhelum river to some extent.
Pupils are being assigned to Tongue catchment area.
But all were offered places at Appletree Gardens school - around 2.5 miles away and beyond the catchment area of those four other schools.
Dee catchment advisor Gareth Foulkes said: "Weed wipers do not produce any spray drift, improving operator safety when compared to boom sprayers, especially those mounted on ATVs without cabs.
Isolated thunderstorm/rain are also expected over Malakand, Hazara and D.G Khan Divisions and over the upper catchment of River Indus in the same time frame.
Parents in Edinburgh are paying the most, with the catchment for St Thomas of Aquin's High School attracting a premium of PS145,022.
To develop a multiple regression model for brigalow scrub catchments describing a general relationship between [Q.sub.p] and locally measured descriptors of climate and land use, estimation of [Q.sub.p] was undertaken by pooling all Stage 1 data from the three catchments.
Envelope curves developed by plotting the largest flood peaks versus the catchment area can be used in estimating peak flood discharges.
According to a senior forest officer, these two catchment areas have been developed keeping in mind the method of water conservation based on peculation theory to enhance the ground water table.
FURIOUS parents have launched a campaign against proposed school catchment changes they say have been made out of the blue and will use their children "as guinea pigs".
concerned with the detailed behaviour of small streams and the impact of land management on this.' It is about the role of vegetation in the hydrology of headwater catchments. As the consolidation of several decades of high-class work in Australia, Bren's Forest Hydrology and Catchment Management: An Australian Perspective is a welcome addition to the science, as well as an excellent source of teaching material.
One of my most treasured memories as a teacher was my work with colleagues in teaching upper primary students about local creeks and catchments. Because this work often involved taking our classes into the field, the language and literacy learning environment extended beyond the classroom and was strongly connected to other learning areas such as science and sustainability.
CEBU CITY - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 7 is pushing for the construction of water catchments in upstream areas to serve as an immediate solution to flood and to enable irrigation in downstream areas during the dry season.