Northern river reversal

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The Northern river reversal or Siberian river reversal was a large-scale project to divert the flow of the Northern rivers in the Soviet Union, which "uselessly" drain into the Arctic Ocean, southwards towards the populated agricultural areas of Central Asia, which lack water.

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