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2006-01-07 Afghanistan

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Posted by Seafarious 2006-01-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 That's gonna torque the Pakistanis.

Posted by Pappy 2006-01-07 00:33|| 2006-01-07 00:33|| Front Page Top

#2 India is financing and will build dams for the Afghans so that they can use their river resources more effectively (agriculture etc).

Guess which country will have a decreased water supply...

Posted by john 2006-01-07 07:51|| 2006-01-07 07:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Guess which country will have a decreased water supply...

rivers flow from Afghanistan

NE to: Turkministan Land locked
E to: PAK
SW to: Iran Land locked

1856 map

Posted by RD 2006-01-07 09:05|| 2006-01-07 09:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Guess which country will have a decreased water supply...

Ummm, neither actually, dams only raise the available head to use with turbines, they do not stop the flow.

Using the water in irrigation will lessen the downstream flow slightly, but again it does not stop flow.

It would be very hard to divert the complete flow of the river being dammed, it can be done, witness the Rio Grande, but not often.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-01-07 10:58|| 2006-01-07 10:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Diverting water, decreasing downstream flow, ya say? Check out the Colorado River. Mexico gets but a wee trickle of a mighty river.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-01-07 11:26|| 2006-01-07 11:26|| Front Page Top

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