pressure on water resources and resulting in the need to establish environmental flows in rivers. Outline the principles of environmental flows in relation to maintaining fish population integrity. (50%) Describe the impacts of dam construction for water supply‚ hydropower generation‚ irrigation and flood control on flows and the effects on fish and fisheries. (50%) 2. In the 1950s to 1970s many lowland rivers were degraded by engineering activities designed to minimise flooding of adjacent land
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between one drainage basin and another 6. Source- The place where a river begins- river system has numerous sources 7. Confluence- A place where two rivers meet Overground • Channel flow- Raindrops might fall directly into a river or stream • Surface Runoff- Water runs downhill over the ground towards a river or stream 1. Rain travelling as surface runoff will get to rivers and streams much more quickly‚ reaching a river or stream with little delay within a short time-span 2. More likely
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Bangladesh Floods 1998 [pic] ----------------------- Prediction: ← Bangladesh is built on delta and floodplain of the Ganges‚ Brahmaputra‚ Meghna River‚ this area is expected to flood. ← The annual flood is expected and is needed to make the land fertile for farming. ← Upwards of 300 million people live on the Ganges delta‚ and this is increasing. Effects: ← 2379 people died. ← Destruction of communication network meant it was impossible to deliver food and medical
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Saints at the River‚ by Ron Rash‚ is a novel that brings light to the controversy of conservation and effectively relays both sides of the argument with very limited biased. There are many factors that influence the controversy and its surrounding issues‚ but the primary decision is whether or not nature should be preserved or commercialized. While the young girl’s father uses an emotional argument and only wants his daughter’s body‚ many of the people supporting him care much more about using this
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1. The Earth is really a water planet; what percentage of Earth’s surface is covered by water? a.71% 2. Who is considered to be the "father of physical oceanography" because of publication of information from ship’s logs in the book "The Physical Geography of the Seas"? b.Matthew Maury 3. Scientists know that the outer core of the Earth is liquid because S waves have not survived travel through the Earth’s interior. True 4. The Pacific Ring of Fire refers to the: a. circle of violent
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constructed 20m deep in to ground for better support and hold. Rafting (figure 2) is done on the piles caps to support the structure of the building‚ in this particular scenario the rafting is done for 8cm using steel mesh and concrete. Figure 2 Figure 2 Figure 1 Figure 1 BORED PILE FOUNDATION:- Bored Piles foundation is one of the type of deep foundation‚ this type type of foundations go very deep in the ground
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throw the rubbish to river‚ so that river becomes full of rubbish and impede the course of the river water then river water overflowed into the streets. Moreover‚ still many people do illegal logging and because of that there isn’t water absorbing and the water into river. Beside that‚ build a construction cause of flood too‚ because they isn’t water absorbing. Last‚ cause of various factors. Flood can happen cause of sediment decreases because many people live beside river. In conclusion‚ flood
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An estuary is a partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it‚ and with a free connection to the open sea.[1] Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and ocean environments and are subject to both marine influences‚ such as tides‚ waves‚ and the influx of saline water; and riverine influences‚ such as flows of fresh water and sediment. The inflow of both seawater and freshwater provide high levels of nutrients in both the water column
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been a home for many invaders. Now‚ all the past glory‚ the golden eras have all vanished. Today’s India is ridden with strife‚ nepotism‚ corruption‚ terrorism‚ poverty and what not. There is vast unrest between states squabbling over sharing of river waters and division of small states. Movement of population from rural to urban areas in search of jobs resulting over crowded cities‚ scarcity of water‚ lack of cleanliness‚ increasing pollution everywhere. And one of the major issue in India is
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Small Hydropower Project (The Project) is Run off River (RoR) type with its headworks located in Tinekhu River at some 3 km upstream from the confluence of Tamakoshi River and Tinekhu River. The distance to the intake site from Singati Bazaar is about 6 km north-east. The powerhouse is located along the left bank of Tamakoshi River‚ some 100 m upstream from the confluence of Tamakoshi River with Tinekhu River. There is a bridge over Tamakoshi River near powerhouse and a seasonal road up to the forebay
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