Dams

Dams

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Aral Sea, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Aral Sea, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

We see a lot of change with 50 years of Landsat imagery, along with th...

Devils Lake, North Dakota, USA
Devils Lake, North Dakota, USA

Devils Lake in northeastern North Dakota is a closed basin lake. Locat...

Gibe III Dam, Ethiopia
Gibe III Dam, Ethiopia

The great thing about hydropower is that it’s a renewable nonpolluting...

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Ethiopia
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Ethiopia

The reservoir behind the largest hydropower plant in Africa has begun ...

Iguazú, South America
Iguazú, South America

On the border between Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina are some curious...

Ilısu Dam, Turkey
Ilısu Dam, Turkey

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow into the historical cradle of civ...

Kara-Bogaz-Gol, Turkmenistan
Kara-Bogaz-Gol, Turkmenistan

The Kara-Bogaz-Gol (KBG) is a large, shallow lagoon of the Caspian Sea...

Lake Powell, Utah and Arizona, USA
Lake Powell, Utah and Arizona, USA

Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River was completed in 1963. It create...

Lake Turkana, Kenya and Ethiopia
Lake Turkana, Kenya and Ethiopia

Lake Turkana, formerly Lake Rudolf, lies in the Rift Valley of East Af...

Lesotho
Lesotho

South Africa needed water. Lesotho needed electricity. One huge projec...

Three Gorges Dam, China
Three Gorges Dam, China

The Three Gorges Dam in the Hubei province of China is a huge but high...