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The shallowness of Lake Victoria, its limited river inflow, and its large surface area compared to its volume make it vulnerable to the effects of climate changes.
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shallowness and Lake
The Great Salt Lake in the west, which is surrounded by marshland and mudflats, lies at an average elevation of approximately, varying depending on the water level, which can lead to drastic changes in the lake size due to its shallowness.
Lake Erie is particularly prone to wind-caused seiches because of its shallowness and elongation.
shallowness and its
The Baltic Sea's salinity is much lower than that of ocean water ( which averages 35 ‰), as a result of abundant freshwater runoff from the surrounding land, combined with the shallowness of the sea itself ; indeed, runoff contributes roughly one-fortieth its total volume per year, as the volume of the basin is about 21, 000 km³ and yearly runoff is about 500 km³.
In an average year the lake covers an area of around, but the lake's size fluctuates substantially due to its shallowness.
Despite its shallowness, the water has low transparency, so bottom plants are poorly developed and most algae are of planktonic type.
In 1814 the merchants of Norwich first suggested a plan to improve the route between Norwich and the North Sea, as the shallowness of Breydon Water created difficulties for trading vessels, and there was organised theft of cargo during its trans-shipment at Great Yarmouth, for which 18 men were convicted of taking the goods and one of receiving it in 1820.
Sontag's essay itself has been criticized as " an exercise in aesthetic insensibility " and " exemplary for its shallowness.
The emergence of the New Left -- which was bitterly hostile to Johnson, to capitalism and to universities — angered Podhoretz by its perceived shallowness and, especially, by its hostility to Israel in the 1967 war.
For all of its shallowness, Molly is a cheerful and entertaining addition to the local screen scene.
He sees the sexual inequality of New York society and the shallowness of its customs, and struggles to balance social commitment to May with love for Ellen.
The Mercury once was jocularly known as The Mockery among residents of the Illawarra region due to its perceived shallowness of coverage and lack of accuracy.
However, according to Place Names of Ontario by Alan Rayburn, Scugog is a Mississauga word meaning ' waves leap over a canoe ' in reference, perhaps, to the flooding of the river valley, or, more likely, the quickness that waves can be whipped up in winds, owing to its shallowness.
The shallowness of Alba ’ s calderas compared to those seen on Olympus Mons and most of the other Tharsis volcanoes implies that Alba ’ s magma reservoir was wider and shallower than that of its neighbors.
He was also an outspoken voice against corruption in the Christianity of his day, and its shallowness.
And one of the most memorable passages in the book is a long soliloquy by Marlowe where he waxes philosophically about the emptiness and shallowness of Los Angeles and its residents.
The maximum aperture of 2 gives this lens the ability to create depth of field effects, but not to the same shallowness of the EF 35 mm 1. 4L USM, while its five-blade diaphragm may produce background blur ( bokeh ) which is less pleasing than that produced by the eight-blade diaphragm of the f / 1. 4 lens.
In one instance, for example, a failed attempt to extract “ synthetic ” case studies of “ artificial patients ” from the system ’ s knowledge base in the mid-1970s overtly demonstrated its “ shallowness ” in practice.
shallowness and limited
2, 500 km ( use limited by location on perimeter of country and by shallowness ) ( 2003 )
shallowness and river
He crossed the shoals at the entrance to the river, calling it ' Shoals Haven ' due to the shallowness of the river mouth.
Because of the shallowness of the river at the Falls, it was a favorite crossing point for bison in pre-settlement times, and was an easy crossing point for Native Americans.
It was because of the shallowness of the river that the first assassin was caught ( he jumped into the deep river ).
shallowness and large
The strait's narrowness, shallowness and lack of accurate charting make it unsuitable for many modern large ships, most of which use the Strait of Malacca instead.
A realist wrestling with the woes of the middle class can leave the world out of it by and large except for an occasional swipe at the shallowness of suburbia.
For this reason, along with the harbour's shallowness, it is not Auckland's favoured port, and the facilities at Onehunga are not very large compared to the other Ports of Auckland facilities on the Waitemata Harbour on the northeast of the isthmus.
Captain John Hunter and Lieutenant Bradley both mentioned the shallowness of the water and large swamp areas.
shallowness and area
Although lower on the moment magnitude scale than the quake of September 2010, the intensity and violence of the ground shaking was measured to be VIII on the MMI and among the strongest ever recorded globally in an urban area due to the shallowness and proximity of the epicentre.
The area is famous for bathing and swimming, owing to the relative shallowness of the sea, allowing one to walk out over a hundred meters into the sea without the water reaching the chest.
The shallowness of this area means that the largest oil tankers cannot traverse the English Channel from the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean because their draft is deeper than the depth in the Broad Fourteens.
shallowness and compared
Chandler also retained a great love for the English and what he viewed as their more civilized way of life compared to the shallowness and superficiality of Los Angeles.
shallowness and make
The shallowness and low salinity of the sea make it vulnerable to freezing during the winter.
shallowness and effects
Both types of events are perfectly within the normal range, and because of the shallowness of the water can be either exacerbated or compensated by the effects of wind pressure, which can temporarily raise or reduce the local water level by as much as 75 cm.
shallowness and climate
While the constant temperature of the Atlantic Ocean moderates the climate of the south and east coasts of Nova Scotia, heavy ice build-up in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence makes winters colder in northern Nova Scotia ; the shallowness of the Gulf's waters mean that they warm up more than the Atlantic Ocean in the summer, warming the summers in northern Nova Scotia.
shallowness and .
It is the obverse of triviality, shallowness, emotional anaesthesia.
The first two tasks required speed, shallowness of draft for the shallow waters around the Netherlands, and the ability to carry sufficient supplies to maintain a blockade.
" One could not have a better example of the moral and emotional shallowness of our time, than the fact that we are now all more or less proStalin.
In the end, the latter recognizes the shallowness of his life.
He believed that another term meaning " the shallowness of a body of water " seemed much more plausible, given their territory along the coast of Long Island Sound.
Some delay and confusion, and damage to landing ships, was caused by the unexpected shallowness of water and sandbars ; although periscope observations had been carried out, no reconnaissance parties had landed on the beaches to determine the local maritime conditions.
This shallowness allows winds to easily stir up sediments from the lake's bottom, contributing to the turbidity or the impression of pollution seen in Utah Lake's water.
Without vegetation, winds can more easily stir up sediment from the bottom of the lake, which is already a problem due to the lake's shallowness, resulting in greater turbidity and less sunlight reaching the remaining vegetation.
He recited the excesses typified by Harry's extravagant lifestyle as evidence of the shallowness of society during that era.
Too much smiling can be viewed as a sign of shallowness or dishonesty.
The shore is generally bold and rocky, indented by numerous estuaries forming natural harbours, which however are of little use for commerce owing to the shallowness of the sea.
" and " The shallowness of his kitschy doomsaying and sentimental sexism is well-known, but I'm disappointed as well in his depth of craft.
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