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Sentence Examples Follow the river upstream from the weir for about two hundred yards and you will come to a clearing. There is an island just below the weir and the best pegs are the two behind this island and the two immediately below it. Fish were currently unable to bypass the weir because the fish pass was not operating, he said. The 1,300 million litres of water will be moved to Haweswater reservoir via a temporary weir. Mixed news from the Galway Fishery this week, as 13 open gates on the weir meant winter levels in the river. Eventually you will come up against a small weir with a fast flowing side stream flowing in on your left hand side. Naturally like Kings Lawn, this small section holds typical Thames weir stream species such as chub, barbel and dace. Below the weir pool, a 200-year-old aqueduct in honey-coloured stone carries the canal through two right angles across the narrow, wooded valley. The higher weir was developed as part of the ongoing River Nore drainage works. Scouring removed some mud, but only dislodged the rest and sent it downstream to the next weir. This small section of water holds typical Thames weir stream species such as chub, barbel and dace. It was discovered floating near a weir opposite the Nicholls Brasseries at 7.15 am. When the tide comes in the sea water rises above the little weir to enter the river. This water flows back into the lake down an artificial weir and man-made stream to re-enter the lake at three outlets along the island bank. When the tide is fully out the owner of the weir simply walks down the foreshore and takes the catch from the traps. There is a pleasant walk of about a kilometre alongside the race as far as its headworks, where a weir on a mountain stream intercepts the water. The half weir was constructed to keep a good head of water in the river between Richmond and the end of the tidal flow at Teddington weir. Follow the river upstream, ignoring another path to the left, and drop down to a weir and boardwalk by the river that leads to a track. The weir on the River Ayr where the water was diverted into the mill lade was in danger of being washed away in the next big flood. The salmon boxes at the upper weir provided fast flowing well aerated water. Show More Sentences Men are responsible for line and weir fishing, hunting, gardening, and the felling of trees. Through the extensive studies done in the area we know that raising the weir is the only way to go. A weir is a dam placed across a river to raise or divert the water, or a fence in a stream to catch or retain fish. Sometimes on an exceptionally high tide the water flows over the weir causing a tidal effect as far up as Kingston. Behind the weir follow a narrow road to the village of Kövenig and about 4.5 km further on enter Reil. After considering a voluntary program last week, the decision to impose tougher restrictions was made on Monday because the flow over the weir had ceased. Set in idyllic surroundings, with the sound of the Barrow flowing gently over the weir in the background, the studio is the perfect location for an artist. When levels are low, a weir prevents water from leaving the lake. Upstream of the weir the River Wharfe was glassy smooth with rising trout and cruising ducks, down river the water boiled amongst the smooth white rocks. It looks like the first few pegs downstream of the weir are the ones to target for big fish with some heavy tackle required for the fast and snaggy water. The reason that the land was so waterlogged is because the weir systems keep the Thames level artificially high, thereby affecting all the land that should be drained down. A specially designed pipe will allow eels to cross the weir unharmed. In the alternative to weir overflows, the upstand pipes would be about 75 mm high and it is most unlikely that any blockage would have extended to that height. Published data from a lake and diurnally stratified river weir pool are used here to verify a minimum thermocline depth hypothesis proposed by others. On the Derwent the stretch among the boats above Sutton on Derwent weir is good for roach and dace, with odd chub also showing here and at Wheldrake. However the following summer it was clear that the area downslope of the weir had been eroded and an engineer's report confirmed that work was necessary. The structure comprises a weir and two dikes that close off the main branch. Surplussing of sludge from the Bifad is also controlled via a weir and surplussing is initiated during the decant cycle. Water curtain set up to protect a quay and recovery with a circular weir skimmer. Those of the 57 entrants in Sunday's Tadcaster open not drawn in the bottom field struggled on a clear Wharfe at Smaws Ings as the fish shoaled up above the weir. Show More Sentences There have been no direct estimates of stock size either by weir or mark-recapture tagging studies. A private company contracted by the factory began to recover the pollutant using vacuum trucks and a weir skimmer. Construction of irrigation dikes and a weir, airstrips and roads began almost immediately. Once inside the weir, the herring are unable to exit and swim in a circular pattern. The second stage will raise the forebay level up to the crest of the forebay weir. Cross the road to resume your walk along the river, passing a weir with a fish ladder in the centre. Wadsley weir supplied a series of works which were situated to the east of the river channel. The weir is in good order, although much of the original structure has been replaced by concrete steps. The major environmental issue was the original plan to change the free-flowing river section into a section being canalised by a weir and lock system. It is a public navigation from the weir at Tadcaster to its junction with the Ouse near Cawood and is tidal from Ulleskelf to the Ouse. Throughout the centuries the weir has been used to power corn, fulling, needle, snuff and flint mills. The river is tidal from Howley Weir in Warrington, although high spring tides often top the weir. Securely fastened to the weir stakes from top to bottom is a massive net. There are locks at Milby, where a short cut bypasses the weir at Boroughbridge, and at Westwick. Head sluice, ogee type waste weir and other appurtenant work of bharari tank scheme. Its water is now too saline to use. The authorities are now pondering the harsh step of building a weir at nearby Wellington to stop the salt water moving back into the Murray itself. Swimming along the shore at night, schools of young herring bump into the lead line or fence and are directed towards the shore to enter the weir through its open mouth. The weir catch of mackerel at Monomoy and along Cape Cod has been a failure. Although the lake is natural, in 1902 a shallow weir was added to what is probably a glacial moraine to maintain the level. The Pequossette built a fishing weir to trap herring at the site of the current Watertown Dam. Show More Sentences Upstream, the Dart is navigable to seagoing vessels as far as the weir in Totnes. Others were replaced by a footbridge when the weir was removed as at Hart's Weir Footbridge. The weir was close to Lady's Bridge, and the head goit flowed through one of the arches of the bridge. At Alverstone, a small weir uses water from the river to power a water mill. The buildings were demolished in 1975, but the weir remains in good order, and is one of the largest in Sheffield. In order to maintain a continual supply, Telford built an artificial weir known as the Horseshoe Falls near Llantysilio to maintain water height. The weir remains, together with the shuttles which controlled the flow into the head goit, although the channel itself has been built over. In particularly high tides the water may overtop the weir at Tewkesbury, and even the foot of the weir at Worcester may experience a rise in water level of a foot or so. In these circumstances, tidal effects can be observed upstream to the next lock beside Molesey weir, which is visible from the towpath and bridge beside Hampton Court Palace. The weir must not represent a physical barrier to fish migration, both locally and throughout the whole river system. If necessary, a fishway is included in the weir. On this weir is a fish pass and fish counting station to monitor the numbers of salmon ascending the river, and also a weirgate for navigating the weir at spring tides. The sand leaves the chamber by flowing over a weir, then travels through the transfer duct by gravity into the precool chamber, where it is cooled by the fluidizing air. An undershot wheel is a vertically mounted water wheel with a horizontal axle that is rotated by the water from a low weir striking the wheel in the bottom quarter. The sand passes down through a simple weir to enter the cooling bed, where heat is extracted by ambient-temperature fluidizing air and water-cooled pipes. Countess Wear, now a suburb of Exeter, is named after a weir that she built on the River Exe, and she is the subject of several legends and traditions. The weir is used by a number of local canoe and kayak clubs. The weir and the shuttles controlling the flow in the head goit remain. At the weir by Wilf's Cafe visitors can see water being drawn from the River Kent, which originally powered a waterwheel, replaced in 1902 with turbines. Walk Mill weir supplied the Upper and Nether Walk mills and wheels. The precise location of the works is difficult to trace, as the river has been straightened below the weir, but the weir itself can be seen from Meadowhall Shopping Centre. Show More Sentences Like most of the upper Don, the river at Oughtibridge appears fairly benign, with it having a small flow and being easily fordable below the weir to the south of the bridge. A walkway over the weir is likely to be useful for the removal of floating debris trapped by the weir, or for working staunches and sluices on it as the rate of flow changes. The weir must not represent a physical barrier to fish migration, both locally and throughout the whole river system. If necesary, a fishway is included in the weir. The Derwent at Sutton is also worth a visit, with plenty of roach showing in the deeper water upstream of the weir. It resounds with the noise of falling water as the Avon tumbles over a weir. Our river is well up now, about twice as wide as usual and it is thundering over the weir. Trouble began in the spring of 1816 when Judge Cooper built a weir, a fish trap, across the St. Jones River to catch migrating shad and herring. Downstream of Nottingham it passes Radcliffe on Trent, Stoke Bardolph and Burton Joyce before reaching Gunthorpe with its bridge, lock and weir. The site was cleared after 1985, but the stone weir, with its nine bays, remains. Above the weir, the river is navigable only to small craft such as kayaks and canoes. In addition to the weir, the head goit is still visible, passing under the railway twice, to disappear into a culverted drain. The second weir, beneath Milburngate Bridge, now includes a salmon leap and fish counter, monitoring sea trout and salmon, and is on the site of a former ford. This used to be the site of Chester's Roman harbour until, aided by the building of the weir, the River Dee silted up to become the size it is today. To the south of the city runs the River Dee, with its 11th century weir. The first is called Barley Bridge and includes a dramatic weir. Examples from Classical Literature One day lately, when the water was low, he offered to cross the weir at Dingleford. The weir had been erected to pen the Chenook salmon from going further up-stream. The pond or reservoir above the floodgate is separated from the weir by a stone wall on the left, or south-west side. There is a weir in the river, in the deep waters of which it is said there are a very great number of soft-shell tortoises. The weir principle may also be used but it is not so well adapted for hypochlorite as for other chemicals. He yelled to me not to leave him, but the weir had give me my bearings, and I was bound for my power-boat. A small weir over a river, where weals are laid for taking fish. Andrews Biological Station and in a sardine weir on New Brunswick's Fundy Coast. At the end of five minutes, I thought we ought to be pretty near the weir, and I looked up. A CANOEIST was fighting for his life last night after he became trapped in a weir on a river. It may not have been so always, for I remember a black night when a poor lieutenant lay down in an oarless boat and let it drift toward the weir. A standing wave is frequently produced at the foot of a weir. Find more words! 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