A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and lo — Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
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A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and low flow.

— Patrick McCully, Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition
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