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Floods climate change groundwater pump dams reservoirs
15 September 22
Bangladesh
To control unpredictable water and stop floods, you might build a dam. To build a dam generally need hills and dales—geographic features to hold water in a reservoir. Which is why dams don’t fare well in Bangladesh, most of which is a flat floodplain that’s just a few feet above sea level.
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