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John R. Platt

Another dam(n) extinction

Forest landscape in the vicinity of Labé in March 2008, Guinea-Conakry (François GOUDIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

What do we lose when we lose a waterfall?

When the waters stop flowing, a waterfall's natural beauty quickly disappears. With it goes unique geological and hydrological systems built up over centuries or millennia, as well as the species that have evolved to thrive in and around the rough-and-tumble waters and rocky formations.

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