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Slow death of desert water

United States, 1970
film

Episode of Series “Our Vanishing Wilderness”. Shows what is happening to Pyramid Lake, in Nevada, and its wild life because dams divert its source..

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Our Vanishing Wilderness

Unknown
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Santa Barbara: everybody's mistake

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The Vanishing breed

United States, 1973
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The Diminishing rain forest

Australia, 1975
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The Lost waters of the Nile

United Kingdom, 1979
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The Living lakes

United Kingdom, 1972
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Vanishing valley

Australia, 1965
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The Living desert

United States, 1953
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Receding wetlands

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Element 3

Canada, 1965
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Running water: landform evolution

United States, 1992
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Making the desert green

United States, 1967
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The Waterhole

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Lake

Australia, 1984
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Dare the wildest river

United States, 1977
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Shifting sands

United Kingdom, 1988
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From the Wet to the Top End

Australia, 1990
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Our Fragile Wilderness

Australia, 1990
Similarity: 66%
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