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watershed N GEO

watershed

divisor m de águas

to mark a watershed fig

ser um divisor de águas

Usage examples with watershed

to mark a watershed fig

ser um divisor de águas

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The watershed above the dam has an area of 237 sqmi. en.wikipedia.org

It is a watershed for smut. en.wikipedia.org

Minerals in the watershed are mostly bituminous coal, fireclay, sandstone and slate. en.wikipedia.org

The town was not on the watershed line, but the name stuck and eventually became one word. en.wikipedia.org

It flows 15 km and has a watershed of 1448,3 km. en.wikipedia.org

Programmes running through the watershed are treated as pre-watershed. en.wikipedia.org

Other impacted resources, such as oil reserves and the retention of the local watershed, can often be cheaply conserved by thoughtful designs. en.wikipedia.org

Most of the watershed is used for agriculture. en.wikipedia.org

As the watershed around the mall become increasingly covered with impervious parking lots, the creek floods easily following major storms. en.wikipedia.org

There are small numbers of the hemlock woolly adelgid, which is considered a pest, in the watershed. en.wikipedia.org

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