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  • The streams split where the slope meets mid-ocean ridges, creating branches that circulate counter-clockwise around the sub-basins [18].

    Marine Arctic 2009

  • The Ugandan Nile Basin is for operational purposes divided into eight sub-basins, which are relatively small contributors to the Nile flow, but their yields dominate the water resources potential within Uganda.

    Water profile of Uganda 2008

  • It is also clear from the National Water Master Plan of 1992 that out of 164 sub-basins with perennial river flows, 90 will suffer from surface water deficit by 2010 while already 33 sub-basins without perennial river flow have an apparent water shortage.

    Water profile of Kenya 2008

  • The park is part of the drainage system of the Iténez River Basin which includes the sub-basins of the Verde, Paucerna and Paraguá rivers.

    Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Bolivia 2008

  • The Nansen Basin is the smallest of the sub-basins within the Arctic Ocean.

    Arctic Ocean 2008

  • In addition, Niger and Nigeria by signing the Maiduguri Agreement in 1990 have established a joint commission to monitor and assess development options, in particular water resources development, in the four major sub-basins common to the two countries.

    Water profile of Nigeria 2008

  • Molten rock moved up into the gap, forming a new part of the ocean floor - the ridges that now divide the Arctic Basin into many sub-basins.

    Arctic Ocean 2008

  • The main source of water for the Pantanal is the Cuiaba River, the origins of which lie in the sub-basins of the Manso River and its main tributary, the Casca River.

    Pantanal Conservation Complex, Brazil 2007

  • We want to know the type, the amount and -- very important -- the age of the sediments that have been delivered by the different sub-basins within the Catal Oluk Deresi river system.

    Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Survey Report 10: Geomorphological 2003

  • The Atlantis basin is comprised of four interlinked sub-basins lying approximately 2,000 meters below sea level.

    StreetInsider.com News Articles 2010

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