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Ecological Impact of Dams
The construction and operation of dams have significant ecological and human impacts. Ecologically, dams affect sedimentation and erosion patterns, often leading to downstream erosion and altered geological structures.
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Ecological Impact of Dams Why do we build dams?https://www.teachengineering.org/lessons/view/cub_dams_lesson01 https://www.fema.gov/benefits-dams Human Impacts Damnation http://www.caltech.edu/news/negative-impacts-dam-construction-human-populations-can-be-reduced-author-says-957 https://www.internationalrivers.org/human-impacts-of-dams Impact to sedimentation and erosion https://www.reuters.com/article/environment-china-environment-dam-dc/three-gorges-dam-causes-downstream-erosion-study-idUST31738620070521 http://jersey.uoregon.edu/~mstrick/AskGeoMan/000093_AskGeo.html https://www.internationalrivers.org/dams-and-geology Dam Removal Elwha Dam Removals Demolition of Elwha Dam https://www.elwha.org/departments/river-restoration/ https://www.nps.gov/olym/learn/nature/elwha-ecosystem-restoration.htm Impacts to Biodiversity Fish Passage https://www.iflscience.com/environment/impacts-hydroelectric-dams-biodiveristy-and-local-communities-often-under-estimated/ https://www.internationalrivers.org/dams-and-migratory-fish https://www.nwcouncil.org/reports/columbia-river-history/fishpassage https://www.fws.gov/salmonofthewest/dams.htm