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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:07 am    Post subject: Han Mud Reply with quote

A couple weekends ago I walked along the Han river after the flooding went down. Man, it left a thick layer of mud over everything. I saw some guy trying to use a garden hose to wash the mud back into the Han. Needless to say, his garden hose wasn't going to make much headway. He really needed a shovel:



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Juregen



Joined: 30 May 2006

PostPosted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i am more up the river, and here we have some kind of embakment 3 meters lower then the shoreline, ofcourse it was flooded, and the mud is about 20 cm deep.

Luckily the mud doesn't seem contaminated, but i am scared of all the bugs proliferating in there right now.
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Junior



Joined: 18 Nov 2005
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If the river banks were normal (ie, not concreted over and cemented ), there would be no problem. Silt deposition is a normal process in a river. they've outlawed natural riverside vegetation here, everything must be endless concrete.
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