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and sunlight availability. Dams, transfers, flow releases, irrigation and mining activities Customized flow regime or hydrology Pollution from and return water flows from irrigation Reduction in quality, including nutrient build-up on the surface of the water and salanisation Reduced flood management and made to order seasonal flows Geomorphologic modification of the river channel as a result of lower flows which results in less or no scoured. Riparian and vegetation is laid out of action and continues to get worse Floating aquatic plants rise in number with reduced flow. Alterations to the shape of the wetted perimeter of the river channel, with lower water levels leading to the dryness of river banks, temporary exposure of
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