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The dispute over the Teesta River dates back to the partition of India in 1947, when the river's catchment areas became divided between India and Bangladesh. The issue resurfaced after Bangladesh gained independence in 1971. In 1983, a temporary water-sharing agreement was made between the two nations, giving India 39% of the river's water and ...
The river is flanked by white sand which is used by the construction industry in the region. Large boulders in and around the waters make it ideal for rafting. During the monsoon, Teesta River distends its banks, both in size and turbulence. Landslides in this region often dam up parts of the river in this season. It has also caused severe ...
The project consists of a 32 m high dam with 4 penstocks of 44 m length and 7 m diameter each. The surface power house with installed capacity of 132 MW houses 4 units of 33 MW capacity each designed to operate under the net rated head of 21.34 M and designed to generate 594.07 million units in a 90% dependable year with 95% machine availability.
Indonesia's second largest river after the Kapuas. [3] 3 Sepik: Papua New Guinea Indonesia: 1,126 kilometres (700 mi) 80,321 square kilometres (31,012 sq mi) 5,000 cubic metres per second (180,000 cu ft/s) 157.7 cubic kilometres (37.8 cu mi) Pacific Ocean: Often regarded as largest completely pristine river system in the world [4] 4 Pechora: Russia
Parker Dam on the Colorado River is a constant-angle arch dam. A similar type is the double-curvature or thin-shell dam. Wildhorse Dam near Mountain City, Nevada, in the United States is an example of the type. This method of construction minimizes the amount of concrete necessary for construction but transmits large loads to the foundation and ...
-ista (suffix), a suffix used in Romance languages and occasionally in English; Ista (Bangladesh), a place in the Jessore District, Khulna Division of Bangladesh; the heroine of Paladin of Souls, a novel by Lois McMaster Bujold; ISTA or Ista may also refer to: Institute of Science and Technology Austria, a research institution in Austria
The Isleta Diversion Dam is a structure on the Rio Grande in the Albuquerque Basin near Isleta Village Proper, New Mexico, United States, that diverts water from the river into irrigation canals. There have been some negative environmental impacts due to changes in the river flow that affect the native fish and drying of the riverside land.
The Itá Dam is a 880-metre (2,890 ft) long and 125-metre (410 ft) high concrete face rock-fill embankment dam with a crest elevation of 375.5 metres (1,232 ft) above sea level. The dam's reservoir has a capacity of 5,100,000,000 m 3 (4,100,000 acre⋅ft), surface area of 141 square kilometres (54 sq mi) and catchment area of 45,800 square ...