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by rhodorhoades 1336 days ago
This is untrue. You aren’t thinking about the effects of sediment, usage, and erosion. When you build a dam and allow the riverbeds to dry, it changes the entire water table of the region.
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They don't dry; they resume as normal once the dam is complete.

I don't understand that nobody can see this. The lake can't hold all the water to inifinity. Once it's full, the outflow becomes normal. Except now you can regulate it.

It also blocks animal migration.