underground reservoir

collocation in English

meaningsofundergroundandreservoir

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underground
adjective
adverb
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈɡraʊnd/us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈɡraʊnd/
below the surface of the earth; ...
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reservoir
noun[C]
uk
/ˈrez.ə.vwɑːr/us
/ˈrez.ɚ.vwɑːr/
a place for storing liquid, especially a natural or artificial lake providing water for a city or ...
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(Definition ofundergroundandreservoirfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Over this huge area there is a kind ofundergroundreservoir, technically an aquifier.
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In the 1920s it was used as anundergroundreservoirby the water authorities.
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Increased air pressure produced by an air compressor is transmitted through the air to the surface of oil in anundergroundreservoir.
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Created over a million years ago, the layered, porous basalt retains rainwater and snow melt, which forms a largeundergroundreservoir.
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The technology stores low cost off-peak energy, in the form of compressed air in anundergroundreservoir.
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An area towards the northern end of the park is fenced off and contains a weather station andundergroundreservoir.
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Each strongpoint had anundergroundreservoirfilled with crude oil.
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It is said that this vastundergroundreservoircould supply fresh drinking water to the world for 200 years.
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The moraine serves to recharge streams and rivers in the surrounding region, acting as anundergroundreservoir.
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Extracting crude oil normally starts with drilling wells into theundergroundreservoir.
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An added complication was that the water in theundergroundreservoirwas highly polluted by copper and other metals and was very acidic.
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At the end of the program, a major objective was to develop nuclear explosives, and blast techniques, for stimulating the flow of natural gas in tightundergroundreservoirformations.
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The house supply came from an artesian well, and was pumped to anundergroundreservoir, which held 60000 impgal, from where it travelled 0.5 mi by gravity.
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At its greatest extent, between 1884 and 1952, the complex consisted of two boiler houses with condensing engines, a chimney, coal cellars, workshop, cooling pond, leat andundergroundreservoir.
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I believe that this lowering of underground reservoirs and therefore the lowering of underground springs is doing far more than local damage.
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I believe that now, while we are at peace, we should take steps to stockpile oil in great underground reservoirs.
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I refer to the coffer dams that trap and retain water, and therefore syphon water into underground reservoirs for agriculture and for human consumption.
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The answer to this difficulty may well be underground reservoirs, which are environmentally better, although they do not provide the same recreational possibilities.
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Moreover, there are many farms and estates which have underground reservoirs which have not been used in recent times.
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There is also no doubt that at that period there had been very dry seasons, and the underground reservoirs had less water in them than before.
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