Dams and other infrastructure have caused the fragmentation of 60% of the large river systems in the world. Only 64 of the world’s 177 large r...

Published on October 13, 2014 04:56 by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network

Dams and other infrastructure have caused the fragmentation of 60% of the large river systems in the world. Only 64 of the world’s 177 large rivers (1,000km and longer) remain free-flowing, unimpeded by dams or other barriers.See this map of regional distribution of rivers longer than 1000 kmand percentage of rivers remaining free- flowing - Source WWF

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