The first part of the chapter looks at the vital needs served by the rivers. Anything living needs water, and the rivers are the water supply of the earth. The rivers move water from mountains, forests, grasslands, deserts, and lakes all of the way back to the ocean. Our rivers supply around half of our nations drinking water.

The riparian or riverfront is what feeds all of the water nourished plants that grow along the rivers. These plants are very important to 70 percent of all land-based wildlife. In North America, there are over 790 species of fish that live in our freshwater that depend on the rivers.

with our rivers. There are unhealthy rivers all over the world. Roughly 40 percent of the streams surveyed failed to meet standards for swimming. Half of our nations streams also failed the biological health test.

I liked this chapter about rivers, but I still can't believe that our water is that polluted. I hope that because of people like Bob McCullough others will take a stand and try to preserve our rivers. I think if everybody knew how badly polluted the rivers actually are, maybe then we can make our rivers what they used to be.

Due to the Clean Water Act in 1972, most cities and industries have made big steps in trying to reduce pollution. The countries overall water health is poor. A lot of this is due to polluted runoff, farms, chemicals, and the electronic age. Polluted runoff accounts for 78 percent of the pollution. This is very tough to control bec

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