• Flooded land destroys forests or cropland and displaces people• Large losses of water through evaporation• Deprives downstream cropland and estuaries of nutrient-rich silt• Risk of failure and devastating downstream flooding• Disrupts migration and spawning of some fish• Sediments build up behind dam in reservoirs• Higher rates of evaporation• Downstream people have less water

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1. • Flooded land destroys forests or cropland and displaces people
• Large losses of water through evaporation
• Deprives downstream cropland and estuaries of nutrient-rich silt
• Risk of failure and devastating downstream flooding
• Disrupts migration and spawning of some fish
• Sediments build up behind dam in reservoirs
• Higher rates of evaporation
• Downstream people have less water