what can people do along banks of rivers to help with sediment problems?
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Stop tearing up the soil, Building on the shore especially digging basements adds to the silt problem exponentially.  If every tributary on the Mississippi has 500 houses put on the shores where a basement is dug and it rains thirty days while its under construction, imagine all of the cumulative soil that is ending up in the Ohio, the Missouri, the Platte...etc all the way into the Mississippi and down to The Gulf of Mexico.  It blows my mind why people are dumbfounded when they look at pictures of the Delta 50 years ago and today.  what a huge difference it is and that's not including the dams that are filled to the top with silt. Building next to shore screws up our nations hydroelectric capacity as well as our up river shipping industries
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Get rid of water surrounding your house.
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Plan to rob it?\nYou can't. \nThey have a lot in their River-Banks, no worries if they do not dry out.
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Their are various ways.  One way where i live is by putting large nets to cover the area.  This holds the rocks in place.
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nobody shud waste water . that is presserve water .  water harvesting which is done wen the rains come can be done as its a good method ..
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Essentialy, you do it the same way you would from a boat. You're just comming at it from a different direction. Fish the cover; weed beds, stumps, rocks, or anything else that might hold fish.
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Erosion\nSoil erosion is a gradual process that occurs when the actions of water, wind, and other factors eat away and wear down the land, causing the soil to deteriorate or disappear completely. The main agents of soil erosion are wind, water, and tillage. Maintaining a continuous vegetative cover on the soil is usually the best way to control erosion. Soil deterioration and low quality of water due to erosion and run off has often become a severe problem around the world. Many times the problems become so severe that the land can no longer be cultivated and is abandoned. The key to minimizing soil erosion and saving the farm lands is the farmer himself. Ultimately, he is the one who must reduce the level at which erosion sediments are dislodged from his cropland. \n\nStudies in water quality relating to agriculture have shown that, of the four to five billion tons of sediment being deposited in the country's streams each year, over half is coming from croplands. The deposited soil, which contains pesticides, farm chemicals, and nutrients vital to the crops but damaging to ground water, gets there mainly as a result of runoff due to rainstorms and sheet erosion. \n\nRunoff occurs when the rainfall rate exceeds the soil's infiltration capacity. On sloping areas, runoff is a concern since it can carry soil particles, nutrients, and other chemicals with it. \n\nGeological erosion occurs where soil is in its natural environment surrounded by its natural vegetation. This has been taking place naturally for millions of years and has helped create balance in uncultivated soil that enables plant growth. A classical example of the results of geological erosion is the Grand Canyon. \n\nAccelerated erosion can be caused by man's activities, such as agriculture and construction, which alter the natural state of the environment. \n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nWind Erosion\nWind erosion, or "soil drifting" is caused by the action of wind on exposed soil, especially smooth, unprotected surfaces. Wind picks up finer soil particles and deposits them downwind. Improper tillage practices, low soil moisture, poor soil cover or any combinations thereof can increase the risk of wind erosion.\n\nDrip irrigation is a successful, economical way to water new windbreaks. \n\nWindbreaks of trees and shrubs in a subdivision in North Dakota make an interesting pattern on the land. \nA living snowfence in Colorado beautifies the landscape and will stop blowing snow, keeping snow on the fields where moisture is needed. \nWind barriers of grass and legume crops are rotated with row crops in Iowa. \nWheat residues are left on the soil surface to protect an Oklahoma crop field. \nBuffer strips of weeping lovegrass protect a cottonfield in Texas. \nPerennial grass barriers protect cucumbers growing in South Carolina. \nA combination of wind barriers and ground cover protects soil. \nWell-managed rangeland protects highly erosive soil in Wyoming. \nThe second most common erosion control practice in Canada is the use of windbreaks or shelterbelts, which are lines of trees or bushes planted at the borders of or within fields, normally at right angles to the prevailing winds (maintaining natural vegetation along fencelines has the same effect). This technique is most commonly used in the Prairies (29 to 37 percent of farms), where the flat terrain, minimal natural brush protection, large fields, and frequency of high winds make cultivated land especially vulnerable to wind erosion. Ontario farms also report substantial use of windbreaks (21 percent of farms).\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nWater Erosion\nWater erosion occurs when rain, spring run-off, or floodwater carry soil particles away. This can occur through sheet erosion, where soil materials are removed relatively uniformly, or rill erosion where flowing water creates sm
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Cool! I'm glad someone wants to help out their community.\n\n-stream/river/lake clean up (organize a team of people to pick up trash and debris)\n\n-found a food bank\n\n-place recycling bins in town-based buildings (city government, libraries, post office, etc.) and organize a pick-up service for collecting the items\n\n-hold a race at your local track to raise money for a local, charitable cause
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Erosion breaks up igneous and metamorphic rocks, and the particles build up to create sedimentary rocks.  \n\nHope this is helpful.
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when the rain season comes it makes the niles banks flood with water which for the farmers is actually a good thing because the ni le has a lot of nutrients and sediments in its soil and rocks so when it gets on shore it serves as a fertilizer for the plants ! ! ! ! !
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they help, as long as they are not too wet
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taking people away from the flood affected area\nsupplying the flood affected people food, drinking water,clothes first aid and medical help\nprovide them with shelter\nsupply them bed sheets, pillows and the like\nhelp them to get over the trauma by counselling them and so on and so forth
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A few things that contribute to soil erosion:\nPoor agricultural practices;\nPoor forestry practices;\noff-roading with any kind of vehicles, including bikes;\ndiversion of natural water supplies;\npoor design of infrastructure (buildings, roads, etc)
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The water in rivers might be unsanitary.
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On a lazy river, either swimming, canoeing, or tubing.
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The very best way to help the environment is for each person to do what he or she can.  Organizations are interesting, but what really makes the difference is what you actually do.  Keep it simple.  Pick up a piece of paper.  Plant a flower.  Clean a sidewalk.  Keep your part of the world better and it makes the whole state and the whole world a little bit better.  When others notice what you are doing, they in turn can follow your good example.  That is what will do it.
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hills, mountains, creeks, streams or lakes