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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Messopotamian Irrigation Systems By isa Have you ever wondered what the world would be like without irrigation systems? Without the ancient Mesopotamians we may not have had irrigation systems today. Mesopotamia was among the first civilizations to build a irrigation system. Mesopotamians had a very sophisticated irrigation system. They started by digging out a wide trench for the water to flow through. The next step was to build smaller ditches to their crops. Then they built walls to control
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building of the dam first proposed in 1919 and by whom? The dam was first proposed by Sun-Yat San‚ the father of modern China‚ in order to protect river communities from floods and also contribute for economic development plan for China. 2.Why have archaeologists and historians criticized the building of the Three Gorges Dam? Archeologist and historians criticize the building of the Three Gorges Dam because it is socially and environmentally destructive. This is because when the dam is finished
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Effect of Greywater Irrigation on Soil Hydraulic Properties Henry Hartono Gunawan 1 INTRODUCTION The use of Greywater for landscaping irrigations is becoming common as Western Australia is experiencing the water restriction due to the current drought condition and critically low level surface water storage. Hence‚ the reuse of Greywater can utilise the on-site resource‚ conserve the water efficiently‚ and reduce the load on wastewater disposal system. As there is still lack of information
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Essay: Kalabagh Dam Kalabagh Dam is a dilemma in Pakistan. Kalabagh Dam has met with extreme opposition from 3 provinces of Pakistan. Many people comment on this issue without any research‚ so they are unable to justify their point but before embarking on any conclusion I would like to discuss both point of views and I would like to give a conclusion in the most lucid manner possible. Kalabagh Dam is a dam which will add more than 3‚500 megawatts to the national grid and it will be able to solve
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DISADVANATGES: 1. Dams are extremely expensive to build and must be built to a very high standard. 2. The high cost of dam construction means that they must operate for many decades to become profitable. 3. The flooding of large areas of land means that the natural environment is destroyed. 4. People living in villages and towns that are in the valley to be flooded‚ must move out. This means that they lose their farms and businesses. In some countries‚ people are forcibly removed so that
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Running Head: CONFLICT ANALYSIS: THREE GORGES DAM Three Gorges Dam Conflict: Views and Analysis Sarah F. Watson Colorado State University Abstract The Three Gorges Dam currently being built on the Yangtze River in China is forcing the resettlement of over a million people. Shipping interests‚ city dwellers‚ and the Chinese government all support the dam’s construction‚ while archeologists‚ human rights organizations‚ and those forced to resettle do not. This paper explores
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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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The Hoover Dam Hoover Dam‚ also known as Boulder Dam‚ is a concrete dam built in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River. It was built on the border between the states of Arizona and Nevada and it also crosses the border between two time zones‚ the Pacific Time Zone and the Mountain Time Zone. When it was completed in 1935‚ it was the world ’s largest electric power producing facility and the world ’s largest concrete structure. The dam is located about 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas. It is named
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24 October 2011 Dam the Politics... Save the Salmon There are some things in this world that mean more to us than we can explain. We as human beings have an existential connection to all of mother earth’s creatures. We are approaching a dark time in the Klamath River‚ soon there will be no natural born salmon spawning up what was once one of the rivers that spawned the most salmon in the Pacific Northwest. The salmon that at one time flourished in the Klamath‚ are not able to reach their natural
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