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Sand And Gravel Extraction In River Jhelum

Men extract sand from the river Jhelum in Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on February 1, 2025. Rivers are a key source of ecosystem services such as water, food, energy, and rocks. Within those ecosystem services, the extraction of riverbed material is a particularly important type of human activity in river ecosystems. Sand and gravel mining is a serious environmental problem around the globe in recent years (Photo by Nasir Kachroo/NurPhoto).

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Photo ID	#12003750
Date Taken	1 February 2025
Location	N/A
Photographer	Nasir Kachroo/NurPhoto
Category	Human Interest
Copyright	© 2026 NurPhoto - Nasir Kachroo/NurPhoto

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