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Stream channelization is the process of engineering straighter, wider, and deeper stream channels, usually for improved navigation, wetland drainage, and/or faster transport of flood waters downstream. [2] Levees are often constructed in conjunction with channelization to protect human development and agricultural fields from flooding. [9]
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The portion of a bird's head found between the forehead —demarcated by an imaginary line drawn from the anterior corners of the eyes—and through the "remainder of the upper part of the head", to the superciliary line. The occiput or hindhead, is the posterior part of the crown. [133] cryptic plumage Also defined: phaneric plumage.
"May I Trim Your Hedges?" is the third episode of the third season of the American television comedy drama Shameless, an adaptation of the British series of the same name. It is the 27th overall episode of the series and was written by co-executive producer Krista Vernoff , and directed by Steve Shill .
Termatosaurus ("End Lizard", due to its appearance in the End Triassic) is a potentially dubious [1] genus of archosaur known from several tooth specimens. Its remains come from the Upper Triassic of France, England, Germany and Switzerland.
Tenontosaurus (/ t ɪ ˌ n ɒ n t ə ˈ s ɔːr ə s / ti-NON-tə-SOR-əs; lit. ' sinew lizard ') is a genus of iguanodontian ornithopod dinosaur.It had an unusually long, broad tail, which like its back was stiffened with a network of bony tendons.
Only one petal is fully developed and is up to 3 cm (1.2 in) long; it is initially white and turns pink or red with age. The fruit is a rather flat woody pod measuring between 10–28 cm (3.9–11.0 in) long and 4–8 cm (1.6–3.1 in) broad, with up to 8 disc-shaped seeds about 3 cm (1.2 in) diameter and 1 cm (0.39 in) thick.
Typical trim tabs on aileron, rudder and elevator. Trim tabs are small surfaces connected to the trailing edge of a larger control surface on a boat or aircraft, used to control the trim of the controls, i.e. to counteract hydro- or aerodynamic forces and stabilise the boat or aircraft in a particular desired attitude without the need for the operator to constantly apply a control force.