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How does building a dam upstream impact the people who live downstream?

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Upstream of the dam, the river is flooded and becomes a reservoir. The nature of the river flow downstream is changed. The dam can hold back sediment that normally finds its way downstream. When the river valley is inundated with water, animals are forced to leave the area and plants and trees are killed.

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