Bangladesh River Erosion

When surfing around the Internet looking at different varieties of river erosion, I happened upon this video on YouTube which depicts people on the shores of Bangladesh who are continually being displaced by the continuing erosion of the river beds.  One man in the clip tells of how he has had to move his home 50 times, and he has not yet reached the age of 50.  The video speaks fairly well itself of the plight of these people due to the erosion.

I suppose I found this clip particularly interesting because a good friend of mine travelled to Bangladesh this past summer to do relief work.  Although poverty in these areas in a continuing struggle, building along riverlines can be avoided, especially in areas such as this where little can be done to reinforce the structure of the river beds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7sS0u4j3MM

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