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    Geography Project – Controversies surrounding the Sardar Sarovar Dam Most of the SSP’s advantages will benefit Gujarat (downstream)‚ while most of the disadvantages will be felt upstream of the dam in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. According to the initial plan‚ the main dam will house a 1200 megawatt (MW) powerhouse‚ while the canal will have power generating units totaling 250 MW installed; this brings the total installed capacity to 1450 MW. The 1450 MW figure hides the fact that most of this

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    Local and migrating organisms affected by the dam: The creation of the Three Gorges Dam has lead to the endangerment and extinction of many plant and animals. The Three Gorges region is considered a biodiversity hotspot. It is home to over 6‚400 plant species‚ 3‚400 insect species‚ 300 fish species‚ and more than 500 terrestrial vertebrate species. The disruption of the river’s natural flow dynamics due to blockage will affect the migratory paths of fish. Due to the increase of ocean vessels in

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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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    The Effect of Dams on Reservoir Sedimentation and Environmental Flow A dam is a barrier‚ obstruction or blockade built for the sole purpose of storing water. There are many uses for these systems‚ including its combination with hydropower‚ and the re-distribution of the deposited water. The benefits of the dam are very valuable to everyday life. They provide flood control‚ water supply‚ fishing hydroelectric power‚ recreation and more. But just as we figure out how to improve energy efficiency

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    functions. One of the most commonly talked about dams in the United States is the Hoover Dam. While it served its purpose when it was first constructed what are the impacts upon the environment now? How does pooling and pulling water during a severe drought affect the wild lands‚ wild life‚ and vegetation surrounding it.   Where is the Water Running Since the beginning of time the importance of water has always been know. Building of dams has been traced back to 3‚000 BC in connection with

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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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    Warragamba Dam Hypothesis

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    Warragamba Dam is the primary reservoir of water supply for Sydney and the Blue Mountains as one of the largest domestic water supplies in the world. It is located 65 km west of Sydney CBD‚ as shown on the map. It was created by damming the Warragamba River after a population boom and a horrific drought in Australia after WW1. Building began in the late 1940s until it was completed in 1960. It took 1‚800 workers and led to a town being built next to site‚ in order to house these workers. The dam covers

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    The Sardar Sarovar Dam

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    THE SARDAR SAROVAR DAM The Sardar Sarovar Dam is a gravity dam on the Narmada River near Navagam‚ Gujarat in India. It is the largest dam and part of the Narmada Valley Project‚ a large hydraulic engineering project involving the construction of a series of large irrigation and hydroelectric multi-purpose dams on the Narmada River. The project took form in 1979 as part of a development scheme to increase irrigation and produce hydroelectricity. One of the 30 dams planned on river Narmada‚ Sardar

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    Design of Angat Dam. The purpose of the research is to inform you of the structural design of the dam. The content of this research concentrates on the structural aspects of Angat dam. This research also discusses the purpose‚ effects‚ and the risks in constructing a dam. If you have any questions regarding our research and paper‚ feel free to ask Paolo Pio Alaan at piyowmi@gmail.com . Sincerely‚ Paolo Pio Alaan Head Researcher Sufficiency and Effectiveness of the Design of Angat Dam A Research

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    itaipu dam

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    The Itaipu Dam (Guarani: Itaipu‚ Portuguese: Itaipu‚ Spanish: Itaipú; Portuguese pronunciation: [itɐjˈpu]‚ locally: [ita.iˈpu]‚ Spanish pronunciation: [itaiˈpu]) is a hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay. The name "Itaipu" was taken from an isle that existed near the construction site. In the Guaraní language‚ Itaipu means "the sounding stone". The dam is the largest operating hydroelectric facility in terms of annual energy generation‚ generating

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