Web www.englishdaily626.com   [ Movie Reviews | Common Sentences | Glossary of Correct Usage | High School Vocab | Questions & Answers | Sample Letters ] [ Movies Lines | Advertisements | Words Differentiation | Common Errors | Songs | Links ] <<Prev Voa, Cbs, Fox, Cnn Next>>     TOEFL Vocabulary   English Daily Conversation   Learn grammar by example   Learn American idioms       China's Dams Threaten Mekong, Conservationists Say The Mekong River Commission or M.R.C., an organization backed by all Mekong countries except China and Burma, says the completion of the China's Manwan Dam in 1993 is linked to irregular water levels detected in Chiang Saen, Thailand, 200 kilometers from the Chinese border. Environmental specialists from the M.R.C. say the variation in water levels has spoiled aquatic life and decreased ________. In addition, the nutrient-rich sediments spread by annual floods fertilize farmland in the Lower Mekong delta. But the M.R.C. says the recent low water levels in the Mekong were the result of ________, not China's dams.           sediment   Material that settles to the bottom of a liquid       drought   A long period of abnormally low rainfall, especially one that adversely affects growing or living conditions.                   01   02    03    04    05    06    07    08    09    10    11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26    27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   51   52   53   54   55   56   57   58   59   60   61   62   63   64   65   66   67   68   69   70   71  72   73   74   75     Common English mistakes   Ancient Chinese stories   Learn English Proverbs   American Slang expressions

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