Sentence examples for projects on the river from inspiring English sources

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Together with the World Bank, the AfDB is backing the huge Inga III dam project on the river Congo, about 143 miles downstream of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

(Catsoulis) ★ 'UP THE YANoTZE' (No rating, 1 34, in English, Mandarin and Sichuan) Set mostly on a cruise ship making a farewell tour of the Yangtze River, this astonishing film explores the incalculable human impact of the giant Three Gorges Dam project on the river, as history is erased in the turmoil of China's economic miracle.

(Dargis) 'UP THE YANoTZE' (No rating, 1 34, in English, Mandarin and Sichuan) Set mostly on a cruise ship making a tour of the Yangtze River, this astonishing film explores the incalculable human impact of the giant Three Gorges Dam project on the river, as history is erased in the turmoil of China's economic miracle.

(Scott) 'UP THE YANoTZE' (No rating, 1 34, in English, Mandarin and Sichuan) Set mostly on a cruise ship making a farewell tour of the Yangtze River, this astonishing film explores the incalculable human impact of the giant Three Gorges Dam project on the river, as history is erased in the turmoil of China's economic miracle.