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You're Turning Into a Real Ditch
Panama Canal threatened by denuded forest watershed |
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24 May 2005 |
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| You're Turning Into a Real Ditch Panama Canal threatened by denuded forest watershed Here's how the Panama Canal works: Torrential downpours batter the country's forests during rainy season; the water is absorbed into the watershed and feeds steadily into massive, human-made Gatun Lake; the lake then feeds water into the canal. The shipping route thus provided is responsible for some 40 percent of the nation's econom ... |
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| Topics: business, deforestation, news, Panama (all these topics) |
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