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  2. Environmental issues in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Air pollution and water pollution are challenges for Sri Lanka since both cause negative health impacts. Overfishing and insufficient waste management, especially in rural areas, leads to environmental pollution. Sri Lanka is also vulnerable to climate change impacts such as extreme weather events and sea level rise. [1]

  3. Aquaplaning - Wikipedia

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    A diagram of an aquaplaning tire Two vehicles aquaplaning through large puddles on the road's surface. Aquaplaning or hydroplaning by the tires of a road vehicle, aircraft or other wheeled vehicle occurs when a layer of water builds between the wheels of the vehicle and the road surface, leading to a loss of traction that prevents the vehicle from responding to control inputs.

  4. Kandy Lake - Wikipedia

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    Kandy Lake (Sinhala: නුවර වැව), also known as Kiri Muhuda or the Sea of Milk, is an artificial lake in the heart of the hill city of Kandy, Sri Lanka, was built in 1807 by King Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe next to the Temple of the Tooth. Over the years, it was reduced in size. It is a protected lake, with fishing banned.

  5. Health and environmental impact of transport - Wikipedia

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    These environmental issues came from nearly a quarter of transportation trucks that either carry medium and heavy duty loads of merchandise; these trucks are often the ones doing e-commerce shipping. This is the market for shipping pollution. The optimal quantity and the optimal tax per unit of pollution can be found at the intersection of MAC ...

  6. Car hydraulics - Wikipedia

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    Car hydraulics are equipment installed in an automobile that allows for a dynamic adjustment in height of the vehicle. These suspension modifications are often placed in a lowrider , i.e., a vehicle modified to lower its ground clearance below that of its original design.

  7. Do electric vehicles fare better than gas guzzlers when the ...

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    The fires come from a result of salt or brackish water eroding the car, and South Florida’s early June downpour was largely a freshwater event in exception to areas like Edgewater that ...

  8. Hydraulic containment - Wikipedia

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    The hydraulic containment process is accomplished by three [2] major configurations: . a pumping well alone; a subsurface drain combined with a pump well; a well within a barrier wall system: The configuration may involve continuous reactive barriers, funnel-and-gate systems, arrays of wells filled with reactive materials, injected systems.

  9. No. 3 Iowa State posts wire-to-wire win vs. No. 25 Baylor - AOL

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    Keshon Gilbert scored 16 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and dished five assists as No. 3 Iowa State pulled away from No. 25 Baylor 74-55 in a Big 12 Conference showdown Saturday in Ames, Iowa.