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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0
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I'm suggesting this has been a problem for a while world wide.
In Aus the Murry-Darling river system is the source of water for many farms and there has been a constant battle between farmers needing (and stealing) water to make their farms viable and the needs of the river ecosystem.
Ethiopia and Egypt
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is considered crucial to securing Addis Ababa’s energy needs while Cairo and Khartoum believe it will reduce water flows downstream.
Aral Sea
"Formerly the fourth largest lake in the world with an area of 68,000 km2 (26,300 sq mi), the Aral Sea began shrinking in the 1960s after the rivers that fed it
were diverted by Soviet irrigation projects.
By 1997, it had declined to 10% of its original size, splitting into four lakes: the North Aral Sea, the eastern and western basins of the once far larger South Aral Sea, and the smaller intermediate Barsakelmes Lake."
(My bold)
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