Flood-Control Dams

Flood-Control Dams

The first effect of a dam is to adjust the pattern of disturbances that the plants and animals of a river have developed for. Many aquatic animals coordinate their reproductive circuits with annual flood seasons. Every flood is precious in that it takes nutrients from the land and down payments them in the river, supplying nourishment for the stream's residents. Floods furthermore supply superficial backwater localities on vegetated and in the shade riversides; the juvenile of numerous animals count on these backwaters to defend them from large predators(Lutgens et al 2007).

As an demonstration, a fish on a certain ...