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  • The rocky sills act as natural dams; if they are removed, extensive areas of Pantanal will no longer be subject to seasonal flooding.

  • Blasting rocky sills as a means of deepening the navigation channel will have an irreversible impact on the Upper Paraguay river.

  • The acceleration of runoff concentration will intensify most floods, reduce the recurrence interval of droughts, and lead to regional climatic changes in the direction of greater aridity.

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