What negative environmental consequences are associated with the building of a dam?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Examples: siltation behind the dam; inundation of river valleys; change in the natural flow regime downstream; increased evapotranspiration from the lake.

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Maternal mortality rates in the developing world are ________ compared to those in the developed world.

A. lower B. higher C. substantially lower D. the same

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An airplane flies at 40 m/s at an altitude of 50 m. The pilot drops a heavy package, which falls and strikes the ground. Where, approximately, does the package land?

A) beneath the plane B) 400 m behind the plane C) 500 m behind the plane D) more than 500 m behind the plane E) none of the above

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During the Ordovician and Silurian, a clastic wedge developed ________ of the Taconic

orogeny. a. east b. west

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Trace the major processes in the evolution of the earth's atmosphere from its beginning to the present

What will be an ideal response?

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