Kaptai Dam (Bengali: কাপ্তাই বাঁধ) is located on the Karnaphuli River at Kaptai‚ 65 km upstream from Chittagong in Rangamati District‚ Bangladesh. It is an earth-fill embankment dam with a reservoir (known as Kaptai Lake) water storage capacity of 6‚477 km³. The primary purpose of the construction of the dam and reservoir was to generate hydroelectric power. Construction was completed in 1962. The generators in the 230 MW power station‚ called Karnafuli Hydroelectric Power Station‚ were commissioned
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AMENDED 1966 KOSI TREATY AND 1997 KOSI STUDY AGREEMENT Dr. AB Thapa Summary: The 1966 Revised Kosi Treaty is a landmark treaty entitling Nepal absolute right to use the entire water of the Kosi in whatever way Nepal pleases. The amendment of the Kosi treaty from 99 to 199 years solely serves Nepal’s interest. There is no justification in blaming King Mahendra for this amendment to 199 years. The 1997 Kosi Study Agreement
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animals. Before the dam was built a beautiful cathedral once was there. John Muir said “Dam Hetch Hetchy! As well dam for water-tanks the people ’s cathedrals and churches‚ for no holier temple
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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education *1939146864* GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES Paper 3 Candidates answer on the Question Paper. No Additional Materials are required. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. Do not use staples‚ paper clips‚ highlighters‚ glue or correction fluid. You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs. There
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------------------------------------------------- Chemistry and biology Metabolic..; The chemical processes occurring within a living cell or organism that are necessary for the maintenance of life. In metabolism some substances are broken down to yield energy for vital processes while other substances‚ necessary for life‚ are synthesized. Catabolism and anabolism are subcategories of metabolism. Catabolism - The metabolic breakdown of complex molecules into simpler ones‚ often resulting
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Due to the lush environment and progression of resources‚ the Malaysian government has been interested in the Borneo land for a number of years‚ wanting to construct a set of 10-12 large water dams to generate larger amounts of hydroelectricity by the year 2020 (Morgan‚ 2012). The construction of these dams has displaced‚ and currently threatens to relocate the indigenous people who have inhabited the Borneo land for generations. The people of the Borneo land face the initial challenge of being uprooted
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activities: Page 69: 2 a and b‚ 3 a and 4 a. Page 72: 1 a and b. Advantages and disadvantages of large dams: 1. Make two lists‚ one for adventages and one for disadventages (costs) from builing large dams. 2. Explain how some of the disadventages of large dams may be avoided by building more small dams. 3. Find info in any environmental webpage about the impacts of constructing a dam‚ costs‚ benefits and drawbacks. Uses of fresh water: 1. The UN subdivides water in three sectors:
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considered on a long term biases like Dams to be constructed over rivers in Northern Gujarat. The Government of Gujarat wanted to start and complete the project as soon as possible. The project was seen with a lot of economic prowess. One issue of concern that was important was that‚ Bhavnath temple was in middle of the dam reservoir. After a lot of negotiation and assurance to safeguard the interests of the people they agreed. And an increase in the dimension of dam was proposed because of higher promised
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world. One such tragedy was the accidental drowning of a young who was vacationing with her family in South Carolina. In both stories‚ a plan to use portable dams to retrieve the body is implemented. These dams fail because of the rapid flow rate at which the water moves. Even though rescuers drill holes in the bedrock to support the dams‚ the force of the water destroys these supports. Divers were sent into the river to see if they could discover exactly where the body was lodged and how to get
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15. Dams may cause increases in water sourced illnesses like typhus‚ typhoid fever‚ malaria and cholera. 16. Dams affect the social‚ cultural and economical structure of the region considerably. Especially forcing people‚ whose settlement areas and lands remain? under water to migrate‚ affect their psychology negatively. Numerous other effects can be added to this list. The most important point that must be considered here is to distinguish the temporary harms from the long term and irreversible
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