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When was the three gorges dam completed?
2006
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How much did the three gorges dam cost?
£25 billion
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how many people can 3 gorges dam provide electricity for?
13 million
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How many people are protected from flood risk?
15 million
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how many people had to be resettled?
1.2 million
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what heavy management of the river qwaggy happened in the 1960s?
they diverted the river underground
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What park now has the new channel of the river qwaggy?
suttcliffe park
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How much water can the floodplain for the qwaggy river now hold?
85,000m3
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When was china's one child policy created?
1979
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what was the first policy introduced by the Chinese government to reduce population growth
Wan XI Shao
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How long did flooding last in Pakistan 2010
3 weeks
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How much aid did the Pakistan government appeal for
$1.96 billion
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How many people died in the Pakistan flood?
2000
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What did poverty levels rise to?
40%
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How much rain fell
235% that is expected in the whole of September
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how much is planned to be spend on flood defences?
£17 million
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