Around the globe to a greater extent than together with to a greater extent than rivers are beingness dammed. Decades of dam edifice is leading to the global impoverishment inwards the wellness of the world's river basins. poor H2O lineament together with depression biodiversity.
International Rivers has released an interactive map which illustrates the lawsuit of dams on the wellness of rivers or together with thence the world. The State of the World’s Rivers maps nearly 6,000 dams inwards the world's fifty major river basins, together with ranks their ecological wellness according to indicators of river fragmentation, H2O lineament together with biodiversity.
Using the map y'all tin explore how private river basins rank inwards price of fragmentation, biodiversity, together with H2O quality. You tin too explore 10 of the world's well-nigh pregnant river basins inwards to a greater extent than depth. Each of these 10 detailed explorations examines the threats from dam edifice on the wellness of the affected river together with the immediate environment.
