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What are the disadvantages for the itaipu dam?

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•In 50 years will be destroyes

•Expensive to build

•Environmentally destructive

•10,000 people had to be move

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What kind of dam is the itaipu dam?
It is a Solid or a Frame structure.
What are disadvantages of dams?
Man made-1. Changes of the enviormentBever made-2. unwanted still water-population in misquetoes
Where is Itaipu Dam?
It's at the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
What person designed the Itaipu Dam?
The Key Consultant Engineer for the project was Piero Sembenalli Find more facts about itaipu dam at: http://www.aboutcivil.com/megastructures-itaipu-dam.html
Why is the Itaipu Dam important?
The itaipu dam was important because people had to discover the nature of land.