1. Replumbing the planet.
- Author
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Pearce, Fred
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RIVERS , *WATER power , *HYDROLOGICAL research - Abstract
Gigantic engineering projects are redirecting the waters of some of the world's greatest rivers. China claims the start of the biggest engineering project of all time. It will divert part of the flow of the world's fourth-biggest river, the Yangtze in southern China, to replenish the Yellow river in the north, which is being drained dry. Things could not be more different in southern China. Dominated by the Yangtze, it has four-fifths of the country's water but only a third of its fields. Most of the Yangtze's flow pours into the sea or overflows its banks. India also has dozens of half-completed water projects. But with official systems seemingly paralyzed, many Indian communities are finding local solutions to their water problems.
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- 2003