VIEW: Managing Water Resources: Dams (BrainPop)

Managing Water Resources: Dams

Damming a river can provide both benefits and costs to a community. Dams can provide a form of electricity based on hydropower, they can divert water to be used for irrigation, and they can provide recreational water bodies. They can also cause aquatic life to be killed, sediment to plug rivers, and alter the natural landscape. 

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