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... salt , which have found their way into the River Murray by natural inflow ; and also because of the construction of ... salt pass through the Murray mouth every year . Of this about 64 per cent comes from Victoria and New South Wales ...
... salt , which have found their way into the River Murray by natural inflow ; and also because of the construction of ... salt pass through the Murray mouth every year . Of this about 64 per cent comes from Victoria and New South Wales ...
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... salt per year to the delta of the San Joaquin River at the head of San Francisco Bay . In order to comply with the 1944 Mexican Water Treaty regulating salinity levels of the Colorado River where it enters Mexico , a $ 216 million ...
... salt per year to the delta of the San Joaquin River at the head of San Francisco Bay . In order to comply with the 1944 Mexican Water Treaty regulating salinity levels of the Colorado River where it enters Mexico , a $ 216 million ...
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... SALT OF THE EARTH . Fred Pearce , in New Scientist , 11 June 1987 . his article looks at the US Southwest where farmland irrigated by the Colorado River is suffering from increasing salinity . 3 One effort to deal with the problem is a ...
... SALT OF THE EARTH . Fred Pearce , in New Scientist , 11 June 1987 . his article looks at the US Southwest where farmland irrigated by the Colorado River is suffering from increasing salinity . 3 One effort to deal with the problem is a ...
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