GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY

  The term “ environment” refer to the surrounding and the influence surroundings have on living things. Surroundings include the living and the non living things. Thus environment include land, water, atmosphere and living things. In the environment, human beings are taken to be the center because they influence the environment and in turn it influences them. Simply environment includes everything surrounding us including ourselves.     THE COMPONENTS OF ENVIRONMENT Our environment is often divided into three components. These are the physical, the living and the cultural environment. The Physical Environment It consist of air, water, soil and rocks.   The living Part of the Environment; The second component is the habitat which is the home of living things (all living things). The habitat provide conditions necessary for life to prosper. The various creatures depend on each other for survival E.g. animals depends on plants for foods, plants depends on in...

  Water pollution is the addition of unwanted substance to the sources of water example River, Lake, Ocean, Dams, Swamp   CAUSES OF WATER POLLUTION. Mining activities , due to the exploitation of minerals when rain falls it sweeps the soil to the source of water resulting in pollution. Disposal of untreated sewage (effluent) into the water bodies from various sources e.g. Industrial wastes or domestic wastes. Dumping of waste from the industries into the water bodies from various sources e.g. industrial waste. Oil spills from the leaking oil containers of pipes during the transportation of such raw materials Some chemicals and other waste from the farms can get into the water bodies through the surface run-off. Volcanic eruption , Eruption of magma on the surface could lead to water pollution because it can flow to the source of water. Testing of bombs. Wind Use of chemicals by fishermen RELATED POSTS COMPARISON BETWEEN FISHING IN KENYA AND JAPAN THE CONCEPT OF ENVIRON...