Advantages and disadvantages of river basin development
River basin is the area drained by single river. River basin development is establishment of various programmes to tap various resources in the river basin. River basin development is conducted through river development project which are multipurpose project aimed at meeting many goals such as flood control, water supply, irrigation schemes, settlement and so forth. Example of river basin development project are Volta river project in Ghana, Orange river project in South Africa, Rufiji river basin development in Tanzania and Tennessee valley project in USA. River basin development is advantageous to the people and economy of the country in the following ways: It help in control of floods to the place where they are established River basin development encourage the conservation of environment like control of soil erosion through tree planting River basin development project are used as research centers for studying ecosystem and their importance to human being. River b...