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Operation Vanguard is a military police joint task force (JTF) set up by the President of Ghana in 2017 to combat illegal mining, known as galamsey.Over the years, the practice has depleted Ghana's forest cover and polluted bodies of water due to the crude and unregulated nature of the mining process.
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.
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.
Roy’s Restaurant, on the banks of the Steinhatchee River, was completely destroyed by Hurricane Helene’s wrath — just nine months after reopening from Hurricane Idalia’s last year.
The Birim River is one of the main tributaries of the Pra River in Ghana and the country's most important diamond-producing area, flowing through most of the width of the Eastern region. The river rises in the east of the Atewa Range , flows north through the gap between this range and the Kwahu Plateau , then runs roughly south-west until it ...
Geologic map of the Tarkwa gold district in Ghana showing significant folding and faulting [2] [3] The Mali Empire in 1337, including the location of the Bambuk, Bure, Lobi and Akan Goldfields [4] [5] Tarkwa is a town and is the capital of Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal district, a district in the Western Region southwest of South Ghana.
The Androscoggin River flooded significantly, which destroyed many homesteads in what would become Bethel, Maine. Those that survived the flood moved uphill into less valuable, 100-acre (0.40 km 2) plots. Turner's first mill was destroyed during this inundation. [8]
By December 23, 752,000 cubic feet per second (21,300 m 3 /s) of water rushed down the Eel River at Scotia (still upstream from the confluence of the Van Duzen River), [6] 200,000 cubic feet per second (5,660 m 3 /s) more than the 1955 flood, and more than the average discharge of the entire Mississippi River basin. [13]