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What is the primary function of a river?
What is the primary function of a river?
- To provide drinking water only
- To facilitate navigation and industrial production
- To transport freshwater towards an ocean, lake, sea, or another river (correct)
- To serve as a religious entity
Which is not a common characteristic of a river system?
Which is not a common characteristic of a river system?
- Part of the hydrological cycle
- Release of stored water in natural ice and snowpacks
- Recharge from surface runoff and groundwater only (correct)
- Precipitation through a drainage basin
Where does River Nile begin?
Where does River Nile begin?
- As the water flows out of Lake Victoria (correct)
- As a spring high up on the moorland
- As small streams originating in Banjaran Titiwangsa
- From a melting glacier
What are the uses of water by mankind mentioned in the text?
What are the uses of water by mankind mentioned in the text?
Where does River Derwent in England begin?
Where does River Derwent in England begin?
What is the source of River Jökulsa a Fjöllum?
What is the source of River Jökulsa a Fjöllum?
What is considered the most suitable medium to clean, disperse, transport, and dispose of wastes?
What is considered the most suitable medium to clean, disperse, transport, and dispose of wastes?
What user function requires the most sophisticated demands on water quality?
What user function requires the most sophisticated demands on water quality?
What is one of the ecological functions of large floods according to Postel & Richter (2003)?
What is one of the ecological functions of large floods according to Postel & Richter (2003)?
What is an ecological function of high pulse flows?
What is an ecological function of high pulse flows?
Which river flow level enables fish to move to feeding and spawning areas?
Which river flow level enables fish to move to feeding and spawning areas?
What happens during drought level river flow according to Postel & Richter (2003)?
What happens during drought level river flow according to Postel & Richter (2003)?
What is an ecological function of low (base) flows according to the text?
What is an ecological function of low (base) flows according to the text?
What do large floods do according to the text?
What do large floods do according to the text?
What river flow level enables recruitment of certain floodplain plants?
What river flow level enables recruitment of certain floodplain plants?
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