The rain and snow water, no longer held in the mountains by roots of grass and plants, was running off the slopes and washing countless tons of dirt down into the rivers.
(The rain and snow water; held; L:in the mountains; by roots of grass and plants; T:no longer) (The rain and snow water, no longer held in the mountains by roots of grass and plants; was running; L:off the slopes)
The rain and snow water The rain and snow water, no longer held in the mountains by roots of grass and plants
held was running
L:in the mountains by roots of grass and plants T:no longer
L:off the slopes