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he biggest benefit of irrigation canals and gigantic dams, such as the one in egypt called the aswan high dam, allowed people in dry regions or ones subject to seasonal flooding to have more control over when they planted and to grow more harvests per year. true or false

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Dams provide us with a source of clean energy. Hydroelectricity is responsible for 19% of the world’s energy supply, offering over 3000 terawatts each year. We can produce power from dams because of the kinetic energy of the water movements as it causes turbines to spin.

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