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China starts building pivotal dam to manage Yellow River, the world’s muddiest waterway
After decades of planning, construction has begun on a massive new dam on China’s Yellow River in the latest water management project aimed at controlling increasing sediment in the world’s muddiest river. The Guxian Water Conservancy Project, which is …