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  • 101Bank of China Building, Shanghai — From left to right: The Peace Hotel, Old Bank of China Building (second building) and Yokohama Specie Bank Building The Bank of China Building is a tower located at No. 23 on the Bund, in Shanghai, People s Republic of China. Previously the… …

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  • 102Water Resources Development Act of 1974 — The Water Resource Development Act of 1974, is part of USPL|93|251 enacted on March 7, 1974, enacted by Congress, which also included the Streambank Erosion Control Evaluation and Demonstration Act, the Shoreline Erosion Control Demonstration Act …

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  • 103Water crisis — For other uses, see Water crisis (disambiguation). Deforestation of the Madagascar Highland Plateau has led to extensive siltation and unstable flows of western rivers. Water crisis is a general term used to describe a situation where the… …

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  • 104Bank (topography) — A bank is a shoal mdash;a comparatively shallow area or an underwater hill on the continental shelf mdash;surrounded by deeper water. It may be of volcanic nature. Banks may be carbonate or terrigenous. As they are not associated with any… …

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  • 105bank — I [[t]bæŋk[/t]] n. 1) a long pile or heap; mass: a bank of earth; a bank of clouds[/ex] 2) a slope or acclivity 3) geo the slope immediately bordering a stream course along which the water normally runs 4) oce a broad elevation of the sea floor… …

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  • 106Water Resources Development Act of 1986 — The Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (WRDA 1986) is part of USPL|99|662, a series of acts enacted by Congress of the United States on November 17, 1986. [ [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi bin/bdquery/D?d099:1:./temp/ bdVNjS:@@@D summ2=m… …

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  • 107Water resources management in Bolivia — Source : National Program for Climate Change cite web url=http://www.pncc.gov.bo/esp/pdf/publicaciones/20 IVAR vulnerabilidad2.pdf title= El Cambio Climático en Bolivia (Análisis, Síntesis de Impactos y Adaptación) author= Ministerio de… …

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  • 108bank — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. slope, hillside; mound, heap, ridge; tier; beach, shore, shoal; depository, vault. See obliquity, land, store. v. tilt, angle, slope; deposit. See edge, aviation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A wall of… …

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  • 109bank — I. /bæŋk / (say bangk) noun 1. a long pile or mass: bank of earth; bank of snow; bank of clouds. 2. a slope or acclivity. 3. Physical Geography the slope immediately bordering the course of a river along which the water normally runs. 4.… …

  • 110water — As designating a commodity or a subject of ownership, this term has the same meaning in law as in common speech; but in another sense, and especially in the plural, it may designate a body of water, such as a river, a lake, or an ocean, or an… …

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