Sentence examples for projects on rivers from inspiring English sources

Oceanographers sponsored by the European Union have discovered that major dam projects on rivers emptying into the Mediterranean (notably the Aswān High Dam on the Nile River in Egypt and the heavily impounded Ebro River in Spain) have been changing the Mediterranean's hydrological characteristics.

They concluded that the problem, originally caused by climate change, might soon be exacerbated by impacts from hydro power development projects on rivers upstream in Mongolia.

Ms Patkar, who joined the AAP last year, is known for starting the Narmada Bachao Andolan (Save Narmada Movement), a social movement against a big dam project on river Narmada in western India.

Geological and geomorphological methods to identify landslide hazard potential are especially important in a region experiencing rapid urban development, widespread land use change and the construction of water resources projects on major rivers.

Honduras supported the UN declaration in 2007, but the dam projects on the rivers of the Lenca people are moving forward without their consent.

Although the dam is being constructed on a part of the Mekong River that is entirely inside Laos, riparian countries of the lower Mekong signed an agreement in 1995 to consult with one another before proceeding with large projects on the river.

A report published by the head office of the Mekong River Commission, the organization set up to coordinate dam projects on the river, described "fundamental gaps in knowledge" about how migratory fish would be affected by the dam.

There are major irrigation projects on the river at Riverton and Bighorn.

China has begun a series of dam projects on the river that could disrupt the ecology and the economies of downstream nations, particularly Cambodia and Vietnam.

The Hells Canyon Project was built and maintained by Idaho Power Company starting in the 1940s, and was the second of the three major water projects on the river.

"Our chances of getting federal permits to build projects on the river hinge on the health of this sucker population," said Heather Dyer, a biologist with the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District.