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  2. Galamsey - Wikipedia

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    Galamsey refers to illegal small-scale gold mining in Ghana. [1] The term is derived from the English phrase "gather them and sell". [ 2 ] Historically, galamsey referred to traditional small-scale mining practices in Ghana, where local communities would gather and search for gold in rivers and streams.

  3. Category:Destroyed populated places - Wikipedia

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  4. List of rivers of Armenia - Wikipedia

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    Kura River basin Aras River in the vicinity of Jolfa-Iran border Hrazdan River in Yerevan. Approximately 4.7 percent of the territory of Armenia consists of rivers. The longest river of Armenia is the Aras (also called Araks, Arax), which lies on the country's border with Iran and a large part of the border with Turkey.

  5. 2024 Central European floods - Wikipedia

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    A dam failure in Sankt Pölten flooded the city, leaving 1.500 people without functioning sewers. [10] [13] Five people, including one firefighter on duty, died in Lower Austria. [15] In the Alpine regions, the heavy rains turned into snowfall, causing an extremely early onset of winter conditions. Further problems with the melting snow are ...

  6. List of flooded towns in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Adamsville, never rebuilt after being largely destroyed by a flood. Alamo Crossing, Submerged in Alamo Lake. [7] Aubrey Landing, flooded during the formation of Lake Havasu. [8] Castle Dome Landing, submerged in Martinez Lake. [9] [10] Colorado City, destroyed by the Great Flood of 1862; La Laguna, the former site is underneath Mittry Lake.

  7. Rauðhólar (Vesturdalur) - Wikipedia

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    The river destroyed the craters of Hljóðaklettar and only remnants were left standing, dikes, volcanic plugs, sills and lava flows. The erosion started with phreatomagmatic explosions during the eruption series, when water and magma met, but there was also steady fluvial erosion afterwards, incl. many big jökulhlaup .

  8. List of rivers of Montserrat - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of rivers of Montserrat. Rivers are listed in clockwise order, starting at the north end of the island. Farm River. Lee River; Paradise River (formerly a tributary of the Farm river, course altered by pyroclastic flows) Tar River Valley (destroyed by pyroclastic flows) Hot River; White River (destroyed by pyroclastic flows)

  9. Flood of 1851 - Wikipedia

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    [7] In May to July 1851 much of the town was flooded. "It was during the month of May in this year [1851], that occurred the greatest freshet. The Des Moines and Raccoon rivers rose to an unprecedented height, inundating the entire country east of the Des Moines river. Crops were utterly destroyed, houses and fences swept away.