Question

uses of inland water resources​

Answer 1

Answer:

Although the areal extent and volume of freshwater lakes and rivers are relatively small, their interest and value to humans is huge, for example, as a source of drinking water, for transportation, food, recreation, and aesthetics.

Answer 2

Explanation:

It needs and consumes low energy. It is claimed that, the quantity of energy that is consumed in inland waterway is less than 30 percent of that used in road transportation and around 80 percent of the energy amount used by rail transportation.

Massive size of goods and products can be transported with great ease using inland waterways.

It needs small lands.

It causes the minimum environmental pollution including noise pollution and CO2 emission in comparison with other modes of transportation.

It has high labor productivity per unit of transport output.

Low material requirement per unit of transport volume. It is demonstrated that, the material requirement of inland waterway transport is less than half of railway and smaller than quarter of highway transport.

It has the lowest accident occurrence compare with other forms of transportation.