essay on river exploitation
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Rivers have been extremely helpful to men in all parts of the earth from the very early times. They provide water to slake the thirst of men, to fertilize their lands, to provide a means of communication for the goods that transport from place to place, provides food, energy, recreation, and of course water for irrigation and for drinking. it is an essential element and the single most important commodity in our lives. Without river, life wouldn’t be possible
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Water exploitation is referred to the extraction of water for irrigation and human consumption. Water exploitation is greatly connected with agriculture especially in the Mediterranean coastal region where intensive irrigated agriculture is widespread. Nevertheless, in many areas a large contribution to water exploitation is connected with the industrial and residential sectors and, seasonally, with tourism. Water exploitation can be estimated by "the exploitation index" that is defined as withdrawal of conventional freshwater resources (surface and groundwater) over total renewable resources (expressed in %).