And what of Mr Lu and his warnings about the height of the water in the reservoir?

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Each wind was given a name, which along with the colour of water or the height of waves was used to help forecast the weather.

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Shoreline: intersection of a specific water height with the shore or beach, e.g. the high water shoreline is the intersection of the high water mark with the shore or beach.

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While other South American beaches might top Punta del Diablo in wave height or blueness of the water, few compare in terms of tranquillity.

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It's full of kids, most around 10 years old (water slides require a height of at least 48 inches).

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It is akin to using tiny adjustments to the height of a dam to control a torrent of water.

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It was for Terry Horn, whose home in Broad Channel, an island community in Queens, was flooded with 51 inches of water on its first floor as his son scrambled upstairs with the family's dogs at the height of the storm.

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In two weeks' time, murky brown water will have backed up behind the dam to a height of 135 metres (440 feet) above sea-level.

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From a height of between twenty and twenty-five feet above the waves, they heaved the corpse into the water.

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The water is full of darting and jumping fish, and the mangrove roots -- some the height of a double-decker bus -- tower over the boat.

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