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单词 artesian bore
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Definition of artesian bore in English:

artesian bore

noun
Australian
  • A deep, narrow hole bored perpendicularly into water-bearing strata lying at an angle, so that natural pressure produces a constant supply of water with little or no pumping.

    the groundwater is released under pressure to the surface through natural springs and artesian bores
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It supplied mansions with water from springs, wells, and artesian bore holes.
    • The wealthy company was ideally placed to move into capitalist pasturing, using professional management, fencing, artesian bores, and massive and diverse holdings to minimise traditional risks.
    • The first successful artesian bore was probably that sunk by David Brown at Kallara station, 40 km north of Tilpa on the Darling River, in 1879.
    • The camel trains were also involved in the establishment of artesian bores.
    • They pumped water for domestic supply from an artesian bore near the water wheel to a water tank on a tower beside the homestead.
    • The station generates twenty kilowatts of power from artesian bore water heated by hot rocks.
    • The photograph shows boiling water gushing from an artesian bore on Clifton Hills Station, Birdsville Track, South Australia.
    • As a result of the total lack of surface water along the entire route, the South Australian government sank artesian bores at intervals of about 50 kilometres.
    • The pioneers invested heavily in productive capital assets like mines, overland telegraph lines, dams and artesian bores.
    • An artesian bore was sunk at Kopperamanna and the mission was able to collect fees from passing drovers.
 
 
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