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List any three ways in which construction of dams for production of electricity adversely affects the environment of that place.
Asked by Topperlearning User | 24 Jul, 2017, 10:56: AM
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The construction of dams for production of electricity adversely affects the environment of the place in the following ways:
(i) Large areas of agricultural land and human habitation are to be sacrificed as they get submerged.
(ii) Large eco-systems are destroyed when submerged under the water in dams.
(iii) The vegetation which is submerged rots under anaerobic conditions and gives rise to large amounts of methane which is a green-house gas.
(i) Large areas of agricultural land and human habitation are to be sacrificed as they get submerged.
(ii) Large eco-systems are destroyed when submerged under the water in dams.
(iii) The vegetation which is submerged rots under anaerobic conditions and gives rise to large amounts of methane which is a green-house gas.
Answered by | 24 Jul, 2017, 12:56: PM
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