The following are effects of soil erosion to human activities Soil erosion may destroy structures for example buildings, bridges, roads as it weakens their foundation erodes alluvial deposits on the river beds making the river channel shallower resulting in frequent flooding sand eroded from steep slopes is deposited on the river beds and can be …
The microclimate is the climate which is experienced within a small or localized area and slightly modified or different from the general climate of the regional
The following are distinctive features of the fiord It has steep walls it has a narrow constricted sea inlet it is shallower seaward and deep inland it is U shaped it has a hanging valley
The following are steps which lead to the formation of cirque Snow accumulates in the shallow pre-existing depression on the mountainside the snow gets compacts into ice to form a cirque glacier the ice erodes the bottom of the hollow by abrasion making it deeper frost action and plucking operates on the sides of the …
A forest is a collection of trees, shrubs, grasses, herbs, mosses, fungi, or a large piece of land covered by either one or more specimen of trees that grows naturally or planted whereas forestry is the science of developing, managing, and protecting existing forests, in an effort to conserve them in their original form.
environment management is effective planning and control of processes and activities that would cause deterioration of the environment so as to achieve effective utilization environment conservation on the other hand is the protection and preservation of natural resources from destruction and wastage by careful use of the environment for continued utilization The following are reasons …
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The Kainji dam project is located in the northwestern part of Nigeria across the Niger river at Kainji. The project was opened in 1969 and lies in a remote, thinly populated, and very poor part of Nigeria. The dam is 66 meters high and 55 meters long and has produced a man-made lake behind it …
Factors which have favoured the establishment of kainji dam project. Read More »