Northern river reversal
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title:
Northern river reversal
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The Northern river reversal or Siberian river reversal was an ambitious project to divert the flow of the Northern rivers in the Soviet Union, which "uselessly" drain into the Arctic Ocean, southwards towards the populated agricultural areas of Central Asia, which lack water. Research and planning work on the project started in the 1930s and was carried out on a large scale in the 1960s through the early 1980s. The controversial project was abandoned in 1986, primarily for environmental reasons,
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Soviet Union project to divert the water resources of northern Siberia to Central Asia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_river_reversal
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2023-12-17T12:33:57Z
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