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    Bhavnath Temple

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    economic development. In the undivided Bombay province a proposal was put forth by the government to build dams across the rivers Lokmata and Sadmata in the northern part of Gujarat. The dams were to have a capacity of 4700 million cu. ft. of water and facilitate irrigation of 92000 acres of land in 3 districts. The control levels of dams were as mentioned in exhibit 1.However construction of the dams would result in submerging of 10500 acres of land belonging to some 20 villages. Therefore the government

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    River as Bridge

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    The River as Bridge At the beginning of the new millennium urban populations outnumbered that of rural populations for the first time in history. Urban areas have long had connotations of being harmful to our environment and the people living in them are often seen as either careless or oblivious in regards to maintaining their surrounding environment; most notably the rivers that flow through their cities. The Trinity River begins in North Texas and flows all the way to the Gulf of Mexico; it flows

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    Buffalo Creek Incident

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    writes in his prologue to Everything in Its Path “It was a fairly contained disaster‚ as such things go‚ having taken place on a scale small enough to allow one to see it whole‚”. There were a number of variables leading into that day‚ the day the “dam” gave way‚ and throughout the course of this paper I intend to trace the pattern back to the source of this disaster‚ the creator of a situation that certainly does deserve blame. What it comes down to in the aftermath of this disaster is whether to

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    Buffalo Creek

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    people bobbing in it coming at you faster than anything you have ever experienced. You scream and then….. Such was the experience of some people who resided near the Buffalo Creek in February 1972. Their homes‚ lives‚ and families destroyed when the dams holding back 138 million gallons of black waste water failed and flooded the area in an instant. In this paper I will discuss the four elements necessary to group the victims of this tragic disaster into a class action suit. The group must have commonality

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    book? This is what happened when I read a novel titled Where The Rivers Flow North by Howard Frank Mosher‚ and then watched the movie on it. In 1927‚ in Kingdom County‚ Vermont‚ a large dam is to be built; however‚ Noel Lord‚ a logger and cedar-oil harvester‚ won’t give up his lifetime lease on the land. The dam company increases its offer of cash‚ but Noel refuses time after time. He asks for a trade; the white pines for his lease. Noel‚ meanwhile‚ talks with his wife‚ Bangor‚ about them moving

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    Land Reclamation

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    undertaken some huge land reclamation projects. RECLAMATION TECHNIQUES 1. Through the use of the drain large area can be efficiently reclaimed as drainage helps to firm and settle of land 2. Protection of flood plain by the construction of dams‚ dikes and levees and channel improvements. 3. In areas of landslide active slope reclamation consist of tree and shrub plantings. ISSUES TO BE CONCIDERS WHILE LAND RECLAMTION i. The technological feasibility ii. Environmental issues

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    The Atchafalaya River is a river that decides the fate of the Mississippi river. If it hadn’t been for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers‚ then the Mississippi would be a completely different river than the one we know today. Businesses would have fallen a long time and put the US in an economic collapse‚ but today people still complain about how it needs to be done. Multiple complaints from farmers to fisherman‚ it all relies on the Corps to regulate the water supply and to prevent a disaster. It

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    Flooding in Bangladesh

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    and overland flow. The soil is deposited in the rover channels‚ causing the river beds to rise‚ and reducing the capacity of the rivers. It has been estimated that the river bed of the Brahmaputra is rising by 5 cm each year. The building of Farakka dam in India in 1971 is blames for raising the river bed of the river Hooghly‚ a tributary of the Ganges‚ which consequently increases the risk of flooding. The interval between big floods has been shortening-whereas it used to be between 10 and 15 years

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    Francisco Inlet/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta framework. The Lower segment of the American River Watershed starts at Folsom Dam and flows around 30 miles to its intersection with the Sacramento River close downtown Sacramento. The watershed size is around 4856 square kilometers with a watershed length of 48.3 kilometers. The normal yearly precipitation is around 76cm.The Folsom Dam‚ which is inside the watershed creates Folsom Lake‚ which gives surge protection to the Sacramento region; water supplies

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    FLOODS

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    FLOODS What causes Floods? Heavy Rainfall: Causes increase in sea level rise etc. Over–saturated soil (when the ground can’t hold in any more water and could turn into mud etc): Infiltration can’t take place due to the soil’s impermeability resulting in so then surface run off will be increased. High River‚ Stream‚ and Sea Level (caused by heavy rain/particle expansion): The amount of water in the channel becomes too high‚ forcing water inland. Objects such as fallen trees and littering can causes

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