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- The lake lies in a volcanic depression lined with a very fine covering of volcanic ash a few feet deep that has compacted to become impervious to water.
- A lower water content makes the concrete stronger and more impervious to water penetration.
- Paved surfaces, such as asphalt and concrete are impervious to water penetrating them.
- Among the European physicians, he is the theoretician of architecture with large windows and use of materials impervious to water and parasitics, architecture that was developed by Le Corbusier.
- The tree fibers are 100% cellulose, able to float, impervious to water, and have a low thermal conductivity.
- The seeds of many plant species are often impervious to water and gases, thus preventing or delaying germination.
- Grudgingly rescuing a water nymph along the way, she is granted her wish to become impervious to water so that she will not melt like her late cousin, the Wicked Witch of the West.
- Stoneware, fired at higher temperatures, and naturally impervious to water, was developed very early and continued to be used for fine pottery in many areas at most periods; the tea bowls in Jian ware and Jizhou ware made during the Song dynasty are examples.
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