The upstream countries want to develop their enormous hydropower potential.

上游国家想开发其巨大的水利发电潜力。

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Africa has only developed about 8% of its hydropower potential, according to the commission.

该委员会称，非洲仅开发了水电可开发量的8%左右。

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Europe and North America, two of the world's richest regions, have already exploited around 70% of their hydropower potential, according to the International Commission on Large Dams.

根据国际大坝委员会的数据，欧洲和北美这两个世界最富的地区已经开发了水电可开发量的70%。

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"We're talking about the livelihoods of millions of people but we're also talking about a huge potential resource of hydropower which can not only provide foreign revenues to the countries, but can those revenues can then be used to finance other development programs and help countries meet their targets on poverty alleviation and millenium development goals,".

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The country's hydropower potential, estimated at 84, 000 megawatts, has barely been tapped (giant India, by contrast, has a potential of 150, 000mw).

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The ADB says only about 3% of Africa's hydropower potential is tapped.

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Its rivers, plunging from well-watered highlands into deep canyons, have hydropower potential.

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