The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 213, Issues 4-6National Geographic Society., 2008 - Geography |
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Page 156
... river in the short term , but scientists say the long - term consequences could be fatal to the Yellow . To save its great rivers , Beijing is performing a sort of technological rain dance , with the most ambitious cloud - seeding ...
... river in the short term , but scientists say the long - term consequences could be fatal to the Yellow . To save its great rivers , Beijing is performing a sort of technological rain dance , with the most ambitious cloud - seeding ...
Page 159
... River ran completely dry . But the river's outflow remains just 10 percent of the level 40 years ago . Where has all the water gone ? Agriculture siphons off more than 65 percent , half of which is lost in leaky pipes and ditches ...
... River ran completely dry . But the river's outflow remains just 10 percent of the level 40 years ago . Where has all the water gone ? Agriculture siphons off more than 65 percent , half of which is lost in leaky pipes and ditches ...
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... river basin , in eastern Shandong Province . Over the past two decades , however , a parade of tanneries , paper mills , and factories arrived upstream , dumping waste directly into the river . Xiao used to swim and fish in the eddy ...
... river basin , in eastern Shandong Province . Over the past two decades , however , a parade of tanneries , paper mills , and factories arrived upstream , dumping waste directly into the river . Xiao used to swim and fish in the eddy ...
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