Understanding Differences Between Lakes and Reservoirs

There are many examples of how human activities alter species’ habitats, including the damming lakes or rivers to create reservoirs. We build dams reservoirs that provide water and generate electricity for needs. Scientists have learned building new creating on changes local habitat, making it unsuitable species once lived there. Through processes known as environmental flows, can be operated resemble natural lakes. However, we not kept good records where built reservoirs, so scientists devised creative ways map these associated occur across globe. When know occur, better prepared determine altered surface planet impacted animals, plants, humans.