Title: Ghost town - Wikipedia
Headings: Ghost town
Ghost town
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Definition
Reasons for abandonment
Economic activity shifting elsewhere
Human intervention
Flooding by dams
Massacres
Disasters, actual and anticipated
Disease and contamination
Ghost town repopulation
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Asia
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Content: Mologa in Russia was flooded by the creation of Rybinsk reservoir, and in France the Tignes Dam flooded the village of Tignes, displacing 78 families. Many ancient villages had to be abandoned during construction of the Three Gorges Dam in China, leading to the displacement of many rural people. In the Costa Rican province of Guanacaste, the town of Arenal was rebuilt to make room for the man-made Lake Arenal. The old town now lies submerged below the lake. Old Adaminaby was flooded by a dam of the Snowy River Scheme. Construction of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River in Egypt submerged archaeological sites and ancient settlements such as Buhen under Lake Nasser. Another example of towns left underwater is Tehri; by the construction of the Tehri Dam in the Indian state of Uttarakhand . Massacres
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