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Process to measure and interpret physical and chemical characteristics that regulate soil behaviour in relation to water, nutrient storage and infiltration: Case of the Fuquene Lake.
The Fúquene river basin is located in the central part of Colombia near the city of Bogotá and has an area of 187,000 hectares. This watershed was selected because the lake is suffering...
Despite having relatively low average population density in most of its catchment, the Saskatchewan River has developing problems for management. Much of the river runs through semi-arid parts of the western prairies that contribute little water to the river. The river's headwaters in the Rocky Mountains provide most of the runoff that has allowed agriculture and large cities...
Yunnan, meaning "south of the clouds," is located in south west China bordered by the Tibet Autonomous Region and Sichuan, Guizhou, and Guangxi provinces of China on the west, north and east, and the countries of Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar to the south and southwest. Geophysically, Yunnan serves as the roof of Mainland Southeast Asia due to its location on the headwaters of all the major...
Some scientists are alarmed at the accumulated seismic pressure in the Himalaya due to which the big dams may burst and cause immense loss to life. While others are highly confident that come what may, the titanic structure of big dams will resist the subterranean jolts. These competing claims have made a public debate necessary. The social thinkers are awakening from the mesmerizing impact of...
Some 103,000 people, mostly ethnic minorities, will be forcibly resettled if a proposed 3600 megawatt dam in northwestern Vietnam goes ahead. The US$3.5 billion Son La Dam would be built on the Da River in the remote province of Son La, upstream from the country's largest hydropower project, the Soviet-built Hoa Binh Dam. If completed, the dam would inundate 440 square kilometers and would be...
Yukon River Tours is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dinyee Corporation. Dinyee is the ANCSA village corporation for Stevens Village. The Stevens Village Council is the sole governing entity in Stevens Village and it has been the Council's long-term goal to develop local, culturally appropriate economic opportunities for village residents. As a result, the Village Council has been...
Water is vital for increasing the agricultural production. It is also in great demand for domestic and industrial use. Further it is an important medium for generating cheap hydroelectric power. Water is thus regarded as a resource among resources as all other resource bases have no meaning without this resource and life is not possible in its absence. The supply of drinking water to rural and...
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