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• Before getting into why 43 governors, but not the U.S. president, have this p ower, a comment on those who say that impoundment is a pop-gun, that it can't control entitlements or mega-programs. Congress's Broken Windows
• Illegally introduced warm-water fishes flourished in the impoundment, presumably replacing the native species.
• In the Southwest, continuing drought shrank Lake Mead, the enormous impoundment behind Hoover Dam that waters much of the region, to a fraction of its former self.
• In 1997, biomass of both littoral and sublittoral invertebrates in the impoundment was comparable to that of New Brunswick lakes of similar trophic status.
• This paper presents the high precise gravity survey and primary results before and after the impoundment in the Three Gorges reservoir.
• Dams and reservoirs, impoundments and intakes reduce the flow of freshwater coastward, increasing the salinity in the marshes, creeks, rivers and sounds that provide food and shelter for Georgia's multi-million dollar seafood industry.
• It can be locally common in clear lakes and impoundments, usually in vegetated areas.
• Water supply in drainage basins is provided either by direct abstraction from rivers or by impoundment, which requires the construction of reservoirs.
• Traditionally, increased water demands have been met by developing additional water supplies using dams, impoundment reservoirs, and canal systems.
• In the Southwest, continuing drought shrank Lake Mead, the enormous impoundment behind Hoover Dam that waters much of the region, to a fraction of its former self.