Question

What is meant by self cleanising capacity of river ?how does it get affected by pollution

Answer 1

The self cleaning capacity of a river refers to the process by which pollutants discharged into a river gets cleaned by natural processes. Factors like the flow of the river and the presence of bacteria which decomposes pollutants into harmless substances contribute to the self cleaning capacity of a river

Answer 2

The self cleaning capacity of rivers are as they can clean the water with the help of some usefull microbes present in it.It get disturbed by pollution as these microbes get killed due to pollution and river gets polluted.Eg:-river Ganga