The first course at Dismal River, in the sand hills near tiny Mullen, Neb.
The cassiterite makes up some fraction of the standard sand and river silt there.
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The industry uses regulated amounts of water from the Athabasca River to separate bitumen from the sand.
Sand bar: accretionary deposit of sand formed across a river mouth or bay by wave action and joined to the shore at both ends.
But in 2008, it purchased a flood protection system that allows for a levee to be constructed aluminum slats filled with sand if the river rises.
Flood-tide delta: accretionary deposit of sand found on the bay or river side of an inlet and usually formed by tidal currents.
Paramedics asked for directions to a nearby location and after he guided them to the scene along the river they spotted a woman's body on a sand bank.
Clarksville has a flood protection system in which a temporary levee aluminum slats filled with sand can be built if the river rises, but the Mississippi was too quick this time.
When you go to the west of the Mississippi River, they're actually going to have to take sand from offshore, actually deposit it on the seabed and then retransmit it to make the berms on the islands.
Likewise, past busy Benaulim and Cavelossim, you will encounter undisturbed golden sand that stretches south to the mouth of the River Sal at Mobor, where itinerant fisherfolk haul in their wares and the Blue Whale beach shack graces one of the most picture-perfect spots in all of Goa.
Down at Calabar's river-front marina, not far from Taylor's hilltop residence, sand and gravel worker Chris Love(ph) says the former Liberian leader is welcome to stay in Nigeria.
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