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    Amazon Basin Dam

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    #1- How will the dam affect the environment in a positive way? The dam on the in the Amazon Basin will cause a positive impact on the environment. Conversely, the dam will reduce the consumption of fossil fuel for electricity reproduction. Opposing to many environmentalists that believe that the dam will make a negative impact on the environment by causing waste and pollution. But the structure will reduce air pollution by using hydroelectric power to help control and stop flooding. Instead…

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    energy a surge in large dam projects for hydropower generation is expected. Because hydropower is one of the most economic energy sources and is renewable along with other benefits such as irrigation, flood mitigation, navigation and water supply. In case of construction of large dams changes in terrestrial ecosystems can alter the climate, soils, vegetation, water resources and bio diversity. Therefore it is essential to understand the environmental impacts of such large dams. The environmental…

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    reservoir and rarely address the pros the dam has provided. When you do you talk about them it is very briefly. There are many good things the dam has created. The reservoir created by the Glen Canyon Dam has provided many economic benefits. The reservoir currently has over 8,200 residents. In addition, about 4 million visiting tourists bring in $2.5 million each year. The dam Is now essential to the economy of the towns nearby. Not only tourists but the dam has provided a water supply and…

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    Glen Canyon Dam Effects

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    exploring some specific ways the Glen Canyon Dam has impacted the Glen Canyon, Grand Canyon and the Colorado River. I will explore the motivation for the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam, and discuss both the positive and negative changes the Glen Canyon Dam has inflicted. Although there are a plethora of impacts, I will be focusing only on those that have influenced the geomorphology of the area. Of these impacts I will concentrate on the negative impacts the dam has had on its environment.…

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    3 Gorges Dam

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    3 Gorges Dam Do the positive benefits outweigh the negative effects? There are many sides and opinions on the whether or not the Three Gorges Dam has a more positive or negative impact on the country. In my opinion, the Three Gorges Dam, built in China, has a negative impact on the nation. This dam is very powerful in ways that it threatens many animals, makes China’s terrible droughts even worse, and it causes damage and removal of important monument and statues in China. In document 3, it…

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    Atchafalaya River History

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    I’m writing about the navigation lock in the Atchafalaya River. In 1977, Sidney A. Murray Jr., the mayor of Vidalia, questioned the use of hydroelectric power to help reduce rapidly escalating electricity rates. It ended up with the construction of the world’s largest prefabricated power plant structure. Construction of the 192-megawatt, $520-million power plant began in 1985. Earlier plans allowed the foundation and associated works to be built in the dry at the actual project site, just…

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    Yima Project Case Study

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    available. After the Hoover Dam was built, a…

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    Condit Dam Case Study

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    The Condit Dam, constructed along the White Salmon River in South Central Washington, was created in order to power the Crown Willamette Paper Company nearby. Unfortunately, the salmon that inhabited the river were unable to pass through the dam, leading to its destruction nearly one hundred years later. As a result of its removal, the salmon were able to repopulate the river and thrive in the reestablished environment. Although there were complications with the design of the dam, its initial…

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    The op-ed piece from the New York Times, “Tear Down Deadbeat Dams” by Yvon Chouinard, and the Outsiders magazine article “Blow Up” by Bruce Barcott both argue that the construction of dams has been extremely harmful to the natural world. Even though they are similar in idea and argument, the ways they communicate their message differ. I will analyze: FINISH “Blow Up” is structured very much like a story in that Barcott gives the reader a sequence of events; we dammed and we dammed and we dammed…

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    Traveston Dam Case Study

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    • Research the past proposal for the Traveston Dam and answer the following questions 1. Outline the development / Proposal 2. Examine the positives and negatives for this development 3. Make a decision on whether you would have allowed this development to proceed 1. The development was to make a dam to store more water to help Queensland in the drought. The proposal was formed in 2006 and was stopped in November of 2009. The dam would have affected major transport including the Bruce Highway.…

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