minimum flow

collocation in English

meaningsofminimumandflow

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minimum
adjective
uk
/ˈmɪn.ɪ.məm/us
/ˈmɪn.ə.məm/
used to describe something that is the smallest or least allowed ...
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flow
noun
uk
/fləʊ/us
/floʊ/
the movement of something in ...
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(Definition ofminimumandflowfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It argued that, as for any new dam construction, this project required aminimumflowof water back to the river.
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What happens if a river authority is having difficulty with theminimumflowand wishes to increase it?
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You must have aminimumflowbelow the extraction point of no less than 6½ million gallons a day.
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One of the essentials for fisheries is to provide aminimumflowthrough the fish pass.
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It will be considerably less than the biggest flow in flood times but a good deal more than theminimumflowin very dry weather.
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I would think this would impose on the river authority concerned an obligation to maintain thatminimumflow.
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Furthermore, fisheries is only one of the interests affected byminimumflow.
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They have been very concerned about the abolition of common law rights before theminimumflowis established.
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When you are considering what is an acceptableminimumflowin a river, who is it who has to decide the matter?
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The first is related to theminimumflowof rivers.
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Obviously, water undertakers taking water from a particular river should be consulted about theminimumflowof that river, and the clause already makes appropriate provision for this.
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Although the flow has been measured from 1956, all that it has been able to give is an estimated mean flow and not aminimumflow.
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Then they have to go through certain statutory procedures of consulting with the various interests concerned before they can say whatminimumflowis acceptable to them.
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Also, theminimumflowsaid to be ecological was not respected; the rate would fall to 0.3 m cube per second 87% of the time.
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Register aminimumflowof 24 m / s and a maximum of 697 m / s.
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Several issues that the states could not come to an agreement on areminimumflowrequirements, general operation standards, and consumption caps.
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Theminimumflowrate is the smallest amount of dye at a given moment to keep the curtain flowing continuously.
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Theminimumflowrate is directly proportional to the surface tension while viscosity is inversely proportional.
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The initial focus was on determining theminimumflownecessary to preserve an individual species, such as trout, in a river.
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The riparian flow was assumed to be 10% of the monthlyminimumflow(i.e. 0.53 m3/s).
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