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Page 63
... LOSSES TO EVAPORATION In arid and semiarid countries , the loss of water to evaporation is - as Mohammed Kassas is quick to tell us - inevitable . ' That loss can be considerable . In Guyana , for example , evaporation losses from open ...
... LOSSES TO EVAPORATION In arid and semiarid countries , the loss of water to evaporation is - as Mohammed Kassas is quick to tell us - inevitable . ' That loss can be considerable . In Guyana , for example , evaporation losses from open ...
Page 195
... loss was increasing and " may accelerate still more with the emphasis on greenfield sites for ac- quisition under the Community Land Act . " In fact , as Coleman points out , the damage done by recent ur- ban sprawl and ...
... loss was increasing and " may accelerate still more with the emphasis on greenfield sites for ac- quisition under the Community Land Act . " In fact , as Coleman points out , the damage done by recent ur- ban sprawl and ...
Page 404
... loss of , 62-67 ; loss of to aquatic weeds , 95 ; loss of at Aswan High Dam , 247-48 ; loss of in Egypt , 202-6 ; loss of to evaporation , 63 ; loss of in India , 206-7 ; loss of to industrial use , 200-207 ; loss of and reduced flow of ...
... loss of , 62-67 ; loss of to aquatic weeds , 95 ; loss of at Aswan High Dam , 247-48 ; loss of in Egypt , 202-6 ; loss of to evaporation , 63 ; loss of in India , 206-7 ; loss of to industrial use , 200-207 ; loss of and reduced flow of ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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