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Common terms and phrasesAfrica agricultural Akosombo anti-dam areas Asia Aswan Dam average Balbina Bank's basin benefits Brazil building built campaign Canyon capacity cent China Chixoy cost countries crops dam builders Dam Construction dam industry dam projects dam-building decades Development disease displaced downstream ecological economic electricity embankments energy engineers Environment environmental impacts estimated farmers fish fisheries flood control floodplain flow forest funds groundwater Gujarat hectares huge Human Rights hydrodams Hydroelectric Hydropower ICOLD increase India indigenous International Water Power irrigation irrigation schemes Itaipu kilometres land large dams Lesotho Lesotho Highlands Mahaweli major Management ment metres million Narmada operation oustees Pak Mun Dam planned political Power & Dam reduce Report reservoir resettlement Review river salinity salmon Sardar Sarovar Project schistosomiasis sediment small hydro social soil species square kilometres Tarbela technologies Thailand Three Gorges Three Gorges Dam traditional turbines Valley villages Water Resources water supply watershed World Bank Yacyreta References to this bookFrom other books
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