The rivers that flow from the mountains power the dams that supply half the nation's energy.

从山上流下的河流被用来开发水电，这些电力提供了全国一半的能源供应。

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It is close to the Columbia River, with DAMS that produce plenty of cheap hydroelectric power.

它临近哥伦比亚河，水坝可以产生大量的廉价水电能源。

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We also need to deal with dams that prevent the free exchange of life from the sea to inland waterways.

我们还应该处理大坝的问题，以防止大坝阻挡鳗鱼从大海洄游到淡水的生长过程。

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borrows its nickname from the large, flat-tailed rodent that uses trees to build dams.

VOA: special.2009.08.09

Part of this sort of this inveterate Calvinism, and part of the fact that, "What if the dams burst?"

即根深蒂固的加尔文主义,还有一些事实,诸如,"万一溃堤了怎么办"

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Taller dams,larger dams and a few that produce more power have been created.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

There is not enough of it in the reservoirs banking the three hydro-electric dams that supply Kabul with power.

ECONOMIST: It's not just Iraq that has power problems

In the past two months there has been serious talk about tearing out at least three Snake dams, dams that have had devastating effects on a once-flourishing fishery.

ECONOMIST: Water in the West (2)

This is a formidable lobby in the Pacific north-west, which has been defined to a remarkable degree by 16 huge dams that blockade the Columbia river and its principal tributary, the Snake.

ECONOMIST: Water in the West (2)