weir
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The conservation work, funded by the Environment Agency, will see diggers spend the next two weeks taking down the weir.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The 24-year-old was one of seven participants who took part in the paddleboard tour when the group ran into difficulty while crossing a weir in "treacherous" conditions.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
He said there was a plan to get out of the water ahead of the weir but the force of the water meant she and the others were carried over it.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
A new channel was created to bypass the last remaining weir on the Ecclesbourne, which is located between Wirksworth and where the river joins the Derwent near Duffield.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025
She rubs her neck and looks at Manchee, sniffing round the edges of the weir, probably smelling the wood weavers who made it living underneath.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
On Monday the court heard Kane's post-mortem examination confirmed he had died from drowning after going into freezing water at a river with rock weirs and deep pools, where he became trapped by the current.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2025
This showed how it is possible to maintain the full tidal range within existing dams or weirs.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2024
The restoration of riverside forests, natural meanders in waterways and weirs in the mountains would all help diminish flooding, he said.
From Reuters ● Nov. 21, 2023
For example, to harvest fish sustainably, the Passamaquoddy have begun to redeploy traditional fish weirs.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 25, 2023
Eels were caught by equally elaborate weirs, traps set in dead-end side canals, and stone walls across canals with a net placed in an opening of the wall.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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