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Recent Examples of millstreamDating back to at least the 12th century, the island is separated from Lesser Town by a millstream that powered local mills for hundreds of years.—Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025 One of them is recorded in the Domesday Book, which was written in 1086, and pieces of a Roman millstone have recently been found in the bed of the millstream.—Laura Euler For Dirt.com, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2021
That trend also increases evaporation, fueling more rain that washes pollution like chemicals, dog poop and trash into canals and Biscayne Bay.
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Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
30 June 2025
For the most motivated who want to take it all in, July 13 is the start of an eight-day, 400-mile bicycle ride along the canal from Buffalo to Albany involving 40-to-60 mile rides a day, 85 percent off-road.
Twenty percent of global oil production flows through the Strait of Hormuz, and experts say closing the waterway would affect Iran’s economy significantly, as oil is one of the country’s largest exports.
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Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
23 June 2025
The decision to close the waterway now rests with the country's national security council, and its possibility has raised the specter of higher energy prices and aggravated geopolitical tensions, with Washington calling upon Beijing to prevent the strait's closure.
This log flume ride, which debuted in November 2024, is centered on the sites and sounds of 1920s Bayou Country, including zydeco and Afro-Cuban music, Mardi Gras, the culinary traditions of New Orleans and, of course, the region’s critters—crocodiles among them.
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Michelle Baran,
AFAR Media,
27 June 2025
Every day, Robert Krehbiel takes a measurement from the flume and reports the current flow to the Division of Water Resources.
The focus is on the Bangs Lake outfall control structure, which is currently maintained by manually making adjustments to the sluice gate.
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Gregory Harutunian,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2025
Still, on May 4, India lowered sluice gates at the Baglihar dam, effectively reducing the downstream flow to Pakistan through the Chenab River by up to 90%, according to the Hindustan Times.
There, it was successfully utilized to help spawning American shad and blueback herring bypass a spillway located between Lake Marion and the Santee River.
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New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 May 2025
Occasionally, the Army Corps will open spillways and floodways that are designed to divert floodwaters during extreme weather events.
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