Soils - Open Development Mekong https://opendevelopmentmekong.net Sharing information about Mekong and its development with the world. Thu, 28 Jun 2018 12:47:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en-US Watersheds Watersheds are impacted by many factors, through interaction with both natural elements and human activity in the area. The trees and plants in forests not only tap into the water within the soil, but they also affect the quality and composition of the soil itself, filtering rain water and run off as it flows to streams or down into the water table.

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]]> https://opendevelopmentmekong.net/topics/watersheds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=watersheds Hydropower dams With its vast, complex network of tributaries, the Mekong river system has been identified as a valuable source of hydroelectricity generation from as early as the 1960s. Today, the Lower Mekong Basin is a key site for large-scale hydropower dam development,1 and it is estimated that it has the potential to generate 30,000 megawatts (MW) […]

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