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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

A U.S. government agency established in 1933 to control floods, improve navigation, improve living standards of farmers, and produce electrical power along the Tennessee River and its tributaries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

Le Tennessee [la rivière Tennessee] doit ses hautes eaux d'hiver et de printemps aux pluies et neiges de la partie appalachienne de son bassin. Il aggravait l'irrégularité du régime de l'Ohio [la rivière Ohio] avant son aménagement entrepris au temps du New Deal par la Tennessee Valley Authority. La vallée a été transformée en un escalier de lacs par une trentaine de barrages, à la fois centrales et écluses qui produisent plus de 20 TWh et permettent à la navigation de remonter jusqu'à Knoxville [...].

Key term(s)
  • Commission de la vallée du Tennessee

Spanish

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