It contains poisonous chemicals that imperils your lives.
The water has bacteria, animal feces, and parasites. NEVER drink water from a stream, lake, or river it can kill you.
The water can contain worms, fish, and lead poisoning. Even worse is that rain water stays there, and we don't know where that water was before.
Water in rivers, ponds, lakes are polluted. They can have parasites, animal waste, oil, human waste, pollution from upstream industry, dumping of chemicals , and a million other things.
The four major rivers are an important factor in the lives of the people of Africa. The rivers are a source of food in the form of fish. The rivers are also used in agriculture or farming as the water can be used for irrigation or quenching the thirst of domestic animals.
rivers
Factories that dump poisonous waste and chemicals into rivers affects a river's health. People who litter, pulp mills and oil rigs also affect river health.
Chemical runoff into rivers can lead to water pollution, harming aquatic life and disrupting ecosystems. It can also affect human health if the contaminated water is used for drinking or irrigation. Additionally, chemical runoff can accumulate in the environment over time, causing long-term damage to the ecosystem.
Lakes and rivers are used for drinking water.
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Rivers affect people's lives postively and negatively:Positive impactwater supply for farmingfertile soil for farmingwater supply for industryrecreation and tourismsource of drinking water and foodproduction of hydroelectric powermeans of transportNegative impactflooding
Rivers in China are important for drinking, agriculture, and electricity generation.