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Dams

Dam projects

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concrete arch dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona in the United States, near the town of Page. The dam was built to provide hydroelectricity and flow regulation from the upper Colorado River Basin to the lower. Glen Canyon
Uses a maze of giant pumps, dams, and aqueducts to transport water from water-rich northern California to water-lacking, heavily-populated areas in Southern California like Sacramento California Water Project
Built on the Nile River in Egypt and its Lake Nasser reservoir.It was originally built in the 1960s to provide flood control and irrigation water for the lower Nile Basin and electricity for Cairo and other parts of Egypt. Aswan High Dam
Crops yields were down by 20-50%, 24 species went extinct, the size shrunk by 54% and the sea were 3x more salty after the two canals were dug. Aral Sea Water Transfer
World’s largest hydroelectric dam and reservoir. It’s on the mountainous upper reaches of the Yangtze river in China. Three Gorges Dam
Located in Canada,was a scheme to harness the wild rivers that flow into Quebec’s James and Hudson Bays to produce electric power for Canadian and US consumers. Only the first stage was completed because of cost James Bay
Feeds 20% of US agricultural output, on track to be depleted. The current federal laws create incentives to overuse the water. Ogallala Aquifer
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