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Himalayas and environment

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The Himalayas,the world's highermost highhighestI don't know mountain range, may soon hold another record: it couldwillneedI don't know become home to the greatest density of dams in the world. More than a thousand are alleitherneitherI don't know already operating, induringunderI don't know construction or werebeenbeingI don't know planned in northern India,Nepal and Bhutan. BesidesPlusIn additionI don't know providing clear energy, they could improve control and access to drinkingdrinkdrunkI don't know water. AlthoughDespiteButI don't know they will also pose a serious threat to indigenous species. Another recent study suggests the dams will be bad news onbyforI don't know many of the Himalayas' 300 species of fish.Jay Bhatt and colleagues at the University of Delhi studied distribution of fish species in 16 Himalayan rivers, thenandthereforeI don't know found that the richest in biodiversity,with the greatest number of endemic species,were also those where dams will be concentrated.