But the river, overused for farming and left stagnant by huge dams, is shrivelling. (newscientist.com)
Many NGOs and church groups have worked at community development projects, but governments and global agencies have engaged in top - down development, such as huge dams, destructive of community. (religion-online.org)
It's pretty cold in winter, which allows a fair amount of snow to cover the summits, which gradually melt in summer, fueling small creeks and a river (there are huge dams insuring hydropower and regularizing the water supply some hundreds of km above). (realclimate.org)