It is simply false that I ever claimed that the Roman empire fell apart because it lacked the "unifying impetus" of an inland waterway control over the Mediterranean sea-lanes was always Rome's key waterway challenge.
Faster crossing times, according to the Egyptian government and the Suez Canal Authority, will increase traffic through this key waterway linking the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, part of a network of ambitious new economic projects designed to revitalise Egypt's economy.
P.C.B.'s, or polychlorinated biphenyls, can cause cancer and affect the immune, reproductive, nervous and endocrine systems, according to the E.P.A. "Newtown Creek is a key urban waterway, which provides recreational and economic resources to many communities," Ms. Enck said in a written statement.
According to Rahimi, "not a drop of oil" will pass through the Strait of Hormuz — a key strategic waterway that serves as a conduit for as much as a third of the world's oil — if additional sanctions are levied against the Islamic Republic for its nuclear program.
This location became significant as it was key to multiple waterways for shipping furs to the Atlantic.
The agency said these are "key stretches" of waterway specifically identified by local people.
The dam plays no key significance in US waterways.
One immediate measure, already announced, is a scheme to clear a five-mile stretch of waterway where two key rivers meet.
The Kufa Gate to the south-west and the Basra Gate to the south-east both opened on to the Sarat canal – a key part of the network of waterways that drained the waters of the Euphrates into the Tigris and made this site so attractive.
Then there's the very real prospect of toxic coal dust wafting off the passing trains, fouling the air, poisoning local waterways and even contaminating key food resources -- such as the salmon on which many local tribes, including those living in the tiny Celilo Indian Village, depend.
