How Have Human Activities, some of which may be Conflicting,
There are many reasons why a country would decide to change or manipulate a river. As every country is unique there are rarely occasion where two or more countries have used the same reason to change their river. However the status, possible economic, limits and dictates how many choices the country has. Generally MEDC'S have more options and techniques available to change the river, because they are not restrained by large debts. However both MEDCs and LEDCs encounter their own individual problem, which affects the river and its environment.
An example of an MEDC river management is the Mississippi River. And in 1993 a large flood in the basin of the Mississippi River caused great economic and environmental problems. Conflict arose as environmental groups said that trying to manage the river only makes it worse and that the damage caused by flooding would not have been so serve had minimal river management occurred. However the groups managing the river said the irregular weather patterns caused the floods. The management of the river started decades ago as America was a NIC it used the river to enhance its economic position as well as attempting to create a better living standards as the soil near the river was very fertile a
However the most obvious human activity on the River Nile is the Aswan dam. The Aswan High Dam, when it was build created Lake Nasser, Lake Nasser Stretches back 270 kilometres from the Dam. The Lake has also created a lot more land for people to farm on. This is because a lot of water is stored in the lake, and in turn this water can be used to irrigate land around the lake. Lake Nasser has also created a big fishing industry, which produces 25,000 tonnes of fish a year; the fishing industry is aiming to produce 100,000 tonnes by the year 2000.
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