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    aswan dam

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    Teaching Geography Workshop 4: North Africa/Southwest Asia – Part 2: Egypt JIM BINKO: Our investigation of North Africa/Southwest Asia continues in Egypt. Here as throughout that region‚ the presence or absence of water has had a profound influence on human settlement. We will see the great impact that access to resources has on the characteristics‚ distribution and migration of human population on Earth’s surface. You will be able to understand how changes in the spatial distribution of

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    Three Gorges Dam Introduction: A computer simulated model of how the finished dam is supposed to look like A computer simulated model of how the finished dam is supposed to look like The three Gorges dam is the world’s largest dam with a total length of half a mile and 600 feet high. The construction of this massive dam took over 21 years starting from planning till the finished construction. The dam was built to stop the floorings that occurred and to cut down the greenhouse emissions of Chinas

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    Major Dams in India

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    A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water‚ while other structures such as floodgates or levees (also known as dikes) are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are often used in conjunction with dams to provide clean electricity for millions of consumers. It can also be used to collect water or for storage of water which can be evenly distributed

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    Kalabagh Dam Pakistan

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    THE KALABAGH DAM CONTROVERSY www.metacoustics.com.au Submitted to: Mr. Ali Shahrukh Pracha Submitted by: Amirah Hashmi INTRODUCTION The Kalabagh dam controversy has been the highlight of attention since a long time now. Every now and then an issue is raised and left unsorted leaving the related provinces further confused as Pakistan’s government has not been able to decide between the two contrasting point of views since the last 27 years (1984‚ since its design was presented)(Iftikhar‚2005)

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    Aswan High Dam

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    Aswan High Dam The Nile River runs through Egypt and Sudan. It has a lot of power that needed to be capture. To capture this power the Aswan Dam was built. This dam could not quite get the job done. Thus‚ the High Dam at Aswan was built. In a relatively rainless region‚ it is only because of the Nile River’s annual flood that the areas of Egypt and Nubia became habitable and airable. The flood would and could vary greatly

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    Hoover Dam Construction

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    The Hoover Dam‚ a tremendous barrier holding up the powerful Colorado River‚ was built during the Great Depression. This project gave an average of 21‚000 people a job around the United States‚ hiring six companies. Construction on the Hoover Dam started April 20‚ 1931 and ended March 1‚ 1936; two years ahead of schedule. This was the world’s largest dam at the time; capable of holding 9 trillion gallons of water‚ weighing close to 6.6 million tons requiring 3‚250‚000 cubic yards of concrete as well

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    GEOGRAPHY - SAND DAMS

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    Sand Dams in Kenya WHAT IS A SAND DAM? A Sand Dam is a steel reinforced concrete wall built across a sandy riverbed. During rainy seasons‚ a seasonal river forms and carries soil (consisting of sand and silt) which moves downstream. The heavy sand builds up behind the dam‚ whereas lighter sand and silt washes over the wall of the dam. Within the space of one to four rainy seasons‚ these dam types get completely filled with sand. However‚ approximately 40% of the volume held behind the dam is

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    Hoover Dam - Overview

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    Hoover Dam Zafrany yehonatan Civil engineering 066457425 Zvi Cohen Adv. 2 Friday class Introduction The Hoover Dam is located in the heart of the desert in Nevada‚ USA. It was built in 1931 after the period of Economic Depression. During that period‚ the dam was a true pioneer in its construction process‚ working methods and innovative methods which are used until today. Its construction at the end of Lake MEAD encouraged tourism‚ thus placing the state of Nevada on

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    Three Gorges Dam

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    To what extent is ‘The Three Gorges Dam’ a Sustainable way of Generating Electricity The Three Gorges Dam‚ located in central China‚ is one of most ambitious projects in terms of construction. It also has the largest capacity of reservoir that can generate twenty two thousand‚ five hundred megawatts of electricity per an hour with an efficiency rate of ninety four percent (International). There are thirty two main turbines‚ each producing seven hundred megawatts of electricity per hour‚ with two

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    The Three Gorges Dam

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    Name: LE VAN HUNG The three Gorges Dam 1. What stakeholders have been helped by the Three Gorges Dam? What stakeholders have been hurt by it? The Three Gorges Dam provided electricity for the stakeholders‚ it was very important for the developing of china’s economic‚ where the demand for electricity was increase and increase rapidly. It also controlled the water at the safe level. Thus‚ it could reduce the flood. Furthermore‚ Hydroelectric was a safe energy for the environment‚ it

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