Of course, no dam ever runs at full capacity and because of the rise and fall of Amazon rivers during the dry seasons, the Belo Monte dam is expected to average around 4, 500 megawatts, making it still one of the most powerful generators of electricity in the country, and very important for mining operations in Para state.
When barges disappeared from the river in the mid-1800s and sawmills later closed, Edwards Dam no longer served a purpose.
Nearly all of the native tribes in the region are against the dam, though no tribes will have to relocate because of its construction.
Since USACE was already budgetarily hard-pressed to maintain the very valuable lock and dam infrastructure and no third party would build a network for a single application, we went back to the drawing board.
In Shawano (pronounced SHAW-NO), where a dam prevents the fish from going any farther, the water along shore was thick with flapping fins, as groups of males swarmed around each female, forcing the eggs out of her body and then fertilizing them.
No studies can be made if the dam is going to be located in a protected area.
This report quoted Russian Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin as saying "there were no mass water releases or overflow over the dam" from the Neberdzhayevskoye Reservoir.
One is that without a large dam or reservoir, there is no way to store energy and adjust power output according to peak periods of consumer demand.
No tribal lands will be flooded to build the dam, if it indeed gets built.
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Authorities also said that no damage was observed at the massive Three Gorges Dam, located on the Yangtze River, several hundred kilometres east of the epicentre.
While no indigenous villages will be relocated because of the dam, Ibama said that at least 20, 000 people in Altamira and surrounding areas will have to move because of the construction.
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Perhaps no project better exemplifies this challenge than the Three Gorges Dam.
The developers are setting aside money to resettle displaced villagers, restock the two affected rivers with fish, and manage a new wildlife reserve no less than nine times bigger than the area to be flooded by the dam.
The OPSIS data raises the critical question of how the dam is experiencing one of its all-time highs in water intake when no significant rainfall has been reported.
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