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If a dam is installed across a river, what effect will this have on the coastline?.

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The effects of dams on rivers can have dramatic consequences both upstream and downstream as the natural flow and drainage of the land is altered. One of the most obvious of these effects is a profound altering of the natural sediment load carried by the waters of the previously free-flowing river.

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