severn

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If we take the UK as an isolated country that must use renewables to power itself then it gets the environmentalists wound up when people want to create the severn barrage to supply hydro power at the expense (in their eyes) of the flora and fauna of the area.

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  1. a river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain
  2. a river in Ontario that flows northeast into Hudson Bay

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  • If we take the UK as an isolated country that must use renewables to power itself then it gets the environmentalists wound up when people want to create the severn barrage to supply hydro power at the expense (in their eyes) of the flora and fauna of the area. —  RealClimate
  • Bali-based software developer Mitrais said it has been commissioned by CSIRO Livestock Industries 'Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) to deploy its InfoLab Plus web-based system initially to severn regional diagnostic laboratories. —  iTnews Australia
  • This is the severn Bridge illuminated with white GaN LEDs. —  PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
  • This article posted on June 29, 2009 at 11: 33 and tagged; severn valley railway —  Shropshire Star
  • 10.5 one mile and three-quarters took us over a barren low ridge, with rusty-gum, box, bloodwood, severn, and other trees, to a grassy watercourse with fine little holes of water; from its being boggy we were delayed in crossing until 10.25. —  Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills
 

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