SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Why was the Ruhr region of Germany so important to coal mining companies?
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Industrialization fueled the need for energy sources
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Decreasing populations reduced the need for farmland
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The end of world wars caused economic priorities to shift
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Demand for jobs for immigrants in the European Union increased
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -France and Belgium occupied the heavily industrialized Ruhr Valley in response to Germany defaulting on reparation payments dictated by the victorious powers after World War I in the Treaty of Versailles.
Detailed explanation-2: -The coal gases produced in the Ruhr Basin are CSM and CMM. In the Ruhr Basin, 77 power stations with a total of 70 MW converted CSM and CMM into 650 GWh en-ergy in 2002. About 85 million Euros have been invested in these plants, which consumed 280 ยท106 m3 of coal gas in 2002.
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