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Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries contains materials from Nordin's consulting work on Chinese rivers. Nordin was one of eleven hydraulic engineers invited by the Chinese Society of Hydraulic Engineers to advise the People's Republic of China on flood and sediment control problems on the Yellow River just as relations between the two countries were beginning to thaw in the 1970s. The rest of the material in this subseries concerns Nordin's work for the World Bank as a consultant for the Three Gorges Dam project...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries consists of Nordin's consulting work in South America. Documents from projects on the Rio Orinoco (Venezuela), especially assessing the river's navigability, comprise the majority of this subseries. Files related to research on the Rio Caroni (Venezuela), Canal del Dique (Colombia), and Amazon River Basin (Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela) are also present. Materials include notes, correspondence, reports, reference material, photographs and slides, and maps. Topics include...