63 Direction of Sustainable Development of the South Province Territories I Strolling along the waterways 62 Strolling along the waterways The Pass Lake In not so lost nature: humans This distant lake, with its particular very elongated shape, is fed by an artificial canal dug in order to divert the Amos stream which originally flowed towards the Kwé Binyi River. Its flows now lead, via the reception basin of the Lakes River, to the artificial reservoir of the Yaté Dam for hydroelectric production. The Laudry Hole A mining bathtub The Laundry Cove is drained by the southern slope of the Pine Peak’s massif and the ridge which forms a vast marshy area at the bottom of the valley. Formerly the Laundry Hole, and in particular the river which flows into it, served as a laundry site, where the miners washed the ore in order to separate the different metals such as cobalt. They don’t give a damn The washers Here are some guys who roll it up On our sweat. They don’t dance To climb on the hill And they make money The drummers. On the right, verse 5 of The Cobalt Seekers song, by G. Baudoux The other sites
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