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What is the disadvantage of dam


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Dam: A dam is built to provide electricity for use in homes and factories, water for irrigational purposes and to prevent the occurrence of floods.

  • A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams.
  • It causes some disadvantages too.
  • It badly affects the diversity of the environment.
  • thereby disturbs the natural balance of the river, valley, and animal world.
  • So, in this way, a dam can destroy the natural balance.

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