Thursday, January 8, 2009

Koker dam


Guyana is about 8 ft. below sea level-like Holland. They have a 265 mile long sea wall made of concrete that holds the ocean from flooding the country. When there is low tide, they open this koker dam and let the water from inside the country to escape to the ocean. They have several hundred of these koker dams. Sometimes they pump water over the edge of the seawall into the ocean. The water here is very, very dirty! Yuck!!!

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