Water bodies of africa

Water Bodies Of Africa. MAIN AQUATIC WEED PROBLEMS IN AFRICA. The influx of water in addition to the influx in human waste has outpaced the development of wastewater management systems which has lead to pollution of natural water bodies unintentional use of wastewater in irrigated agriculture irregular water supply and environmental concerns for aquatic life due to the high concentration of. The Nile of Africa the Yellow and Yangtze of China and the Indus of India. Water pollution can be caused by a plethora of different contaminants including toxic waste petroleum and disease-causing microorganisms.

Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa by area the largest tropical. Water pollution is the release of substances into bodies of water that makes water unsafe for human use and disrupts aquatic ecosystems. Examples include the Mediterranean Sea the South China Sea the Caribbean Sea and the Bering Sea. Overall Africa has about 9 of the worlds fresh water resources and 16 of the worlds population. This category has the following 59 subcategories out of 59 total. Sea of Zanj This page was last edited on 8 December 2020 at 0604 UTC.

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The Orange Senegal and Gambia Rivers Lakes Albert and Rudolf and the Suez Canal are within the continent. Bodies of water have played major roles in human history. Text is available under the Creative Commons. Overall Africa has about 9 of the worlds fresh water resources and 16 of the worlds population. Although exotic aquatic weeds have been reported to be present in Africa since the end of the nineteenth century Tackholm and Drar 1950 they started infesting massively African freshwater bodies during the early 1950s Mitchell et al 1990 and rapidly spread in many countriesThe growth of these weeds is extremely fast and this allows them to. The Indian and Atlantic Oceans converge off the southern coast of South Africa.