northwardly flowing Siberian rivers. Dams, canals and dried up river beds could carry 

 this water 2,500 miles to central Asia, and this would make possible the irrigation of 

 some 62 million acres of land for crops and 87 million acres for pasture, so satisfying 

 all central Asian needs for water. The more humid atmosphere would bring milder 

 winters which would allow agriculture to be carried out further north than is at present 

 possible. These projects could be started after 1957 when the Turkmenian canal is to 

 be finished, and the central Asian states could then support a population of 120 million 

 instead of the present 20 millions. Modern civilisation could inhabit the sites of 

 ancient communities, abandoned when the water supplies disappeared. 



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