runoff in English

noun
1
a further competition, election, race, etc., after a tie or inconclusive result.
2
the draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc..

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1. RUNOFF

2. Site Runoff Diversion Channels and Access Tunnel:

3. What is runoff for some is, to others, river.

4. Trees and other plants help to control surface runoff.

5. Area having a common outlet for its surface runoff.

6. Analysis shows that longitudinal cracks should form soon after runoff starts.

7. Therefore, nitrate runoff into the Black Sea plummeted in the 1990s.”

8. Question: Mr. Ganapathi, a runoff from the earlier question.

9. On a rainy day, runoff can reach billions of gallons!

10. A distal flow-split of 1:1 was observed for crural runoff.

11. Even deep wells can be polluted by surface water runoff.

12. Under the regulations of the California Constitution, no runoff election was required.

13. Several prior runoff projects around Europe provided the information for the simulations.

14. The simulation of rainfall - runoff is an important part of hydrology simulation.

15. Merely shadowed slopes retain some low base runoff over the summer.

16. At this point, it has already picked up much agricultural runoff.

17. These acids then enter the aquatic environment through runoff or leaching.

18. This Cistern was originally filled by downspouts directing roof runoff into the basement

19. Channels were cut in the hillside to direct the runoff into the cisterns.

20. Channels in the hillside directed the runoff from rainfall into the underground reservoir.

21. During such a storm, the surface runoff causes streams and rivers to swell.

22. Shape will contribute to the speed with which the runoff reaches a river.

23. Containing acid-bearing pollutants: Acidic runoff is poisoning the nation's rivers.

24. The acid rock drainage, probably contaminated the water table with toxic runoff.

25. Routes of loss and degradation include runoff, volatilization, photolysis and aerobic and anaerobic biodegradation.

26. The lake is now fed by rainfall, storm runoff, and Seattle's municipal water supply.

27. Trees also prevent soil erosion by retaining water in the soil and hindering runoff.

28. Federal and state engineers are seeking way to capture and treat the contaminated runoff.

29. Uncontrolled runoff from Barnyards and open lots can contain nutrients and manure

30. The original plans did not sufficiently address the inevitable seepage and runoff.

31. Too much agricultural runoff creating bad oceans, toxic oceans, attenuation of nutrition.

32. Playa lakes are depressional wetlands that collect water runoff during rainfall events.

33. This essentially ring fences around [...] of KBC’s balance sheet from divestment or runoff.

34. The first round will be held June 16 and the runoff on June

35. Progress 01/01/02 to 12/31/02 Outputs A rainfall-runoff model for windrow composting yards was constructed at the UGA Bioconversion demonstration and research center using runoff data for the past two years

36. Mayo and Abraham met in the runoff, with Abraham emerging the easy winner.

37. Urban runoff, the water from rain and melting snow, is not included properly.

38. This essentially ring fences around [...] of KBC’s balance sheet from divestment or runoff

39. More exotic and harmful elements of TDS are pesticides arising from surface runoff.

40. Zyuganov, successful in forcing Yeltsin into a runoff, has seen his political fortunes slip recently.

41. A tearing away; a part torn off: The storm’s runoff caused an Avulsion …

42. Measured data from road border soils and surface waters receiving runoff from roads.

43. Soon however, she found a small stream carrying runoff from the previous rain.

44. Nevertheless, the acid neutralizing capacity during peak runoff events tended to be slightly improved.

45. Their growing use of nitrate fertilizers can now render the runoff from silage lethal.

46. In the runoff campaign both candidates used negative campaign tactics, personal attack and innuendo.

47. This contributes to a stronger and more rapid runoff and increased erosion of the Swakop Marshlands.

48. Then the change of annual runoff distribution in the headwaters of the Yangtze River is discussed.

49. Composting helps keep plants healthy, conserves water, prevents runoff, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions

50. Roofs painted with acrylic paints may have detergents and other chemicals dissolve in the runoff.