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Since times immemorial, rivers and lakes play an important role in our life. They are responsible for sustaining life on the universe. Great civilisations like the Indus valley civilisation, the Egyptian civilisation existed thousands of years ago, on the banks of the rivers Indus and Nile respectively. Many old cities like Agra, Allahabad, Hyderabad and Varanasi came up on the banks of rivers and lakes because of their important role in sustaining life. People worship them and consider them sacred and holy.

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The passage of time has not diminished their importance. Taking a stroll on their banks one finds huge water treatment plants, which provide safe drinking water to the people living in the cities close to them. Irrigation canals that stem from them, carry water for irrigating huge tracts of land for food crops and vegetables. This provides livelihood to the farmers and food to the people. However, it is unfortunate to see some people polluting the water of the rivers and ponds with sewage, hazardous chemicals and other biodegradable waste. These pollutants render the life giving water poisonous, which pose serious danger to our health. The contaminated water also endangers aquatic life, which is the source of livelihood for many people.

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Rivers and lakes are the lifeline for the people staying close to them. Besides providing essential requirements like food and water, they also help in the economic growth and development of the region. Besides this they also provide entertainment, amusement and relaxation to the people, throughout the year, ft is therefore our moral duty to ensure, that this blessing is not turned into a curse by our callousness.

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Rivers and lakes are always interesting and commercially important to people who live near them. The diversity of marine organisms help people to earn. It also serves as a vital role in agriculture. As a fresh water body, it gives drinking water to not only people living on the bank of rivers but also to the people living in cities nearby. The advantages of rivers and lakes are countless.

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Living near rivers is creating different way of living life. Rivers have always been a vital source of water but at the same time its beauty amuses people. Everyone living near the river have a indispensable source of drinking water, for irrigation and horticultural. Other than this the rivers also prove to be a invaluable source of entertainment and relaxation for the people living near them.

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For all this river and lakes are very interesting and commercially important. They play an important and healthy role in the lifeline of people living near them unless they are polluted, hence we all should protect river and lakes from getting polluted and enjoy the beautiful gift of nature.

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The rule of humans destroying nature implies here too. People have built factories near water bodies so that they can release the toxic chemicals into the body directly. The addition of chemicals increases the temperature of the water body. temperature sensitive organisms lose their habitat. When excess chemical are released in lakes or river, the water may become saline. Villagers living near to a river, tend to wash their clothes in the flowing water. This practice, on large scale, pollute the water. Construction of dams also have serious consequences. It blocks the the flow of river hence flash floods may be caused in nearby areas. Overdrawing of water from lakes (because of overpopulation) leads to an imbalance in water table and extinction of species.

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Exploitation of these resources impact the marine organisms the most. It will harm to humans in long run when there will be shortage of clean water as well as food. The sooner we realize the consequences, the better it will be for the future generation. It is important for us to understand the value of the natural resources and do  the needful to save them.

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Rivers and lakes are commercially very important to people living near them as they provide cheap and efficient inland transport for trade and commerce. The water of rivers and lakes carry many minerals with the soil which make the land fertile. This land is very important for the people involved in agricultural businesses.
Most importantly the rivers and lakes act as a source of fresh water to the people and the industries near them. People can have the fresh water from the lake. Rivers are not only a source of water but also electricity as they provide good amount of hydro electricity.

Everyone loves the relaxing sound of river and some amusing water sports. Rivers are used for amusement by the people. The famous Vallam Kali traditional boat race in Kerala is one of the most entertaining canoe race which everyone enjoys. Other than this the beautiful scenery near the river the  calm breeze and sound at the banks of river is very engaging.

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Water is a very crucial element for the survival of all living beings. Water has been used by humans from the ancient times. It was used for cleansing the body, feed it to plants for agricultural purposes, give it to  cattle, use for drinking, washing, cooking, etc. Many civilizations, such as the Indus Valley, Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations, had grown on the river banks as they knew that the soil there is very fertile and profitable for agriculture. The Indus Civilization used water in pools to perform various rituals and celebrate many festivals to respect their Gods. Here, man used maximum of natural products which originated from nature.

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Unfortunately, as human civilizations advanced using technology as their mean of development, humans ignored the importance of water and started polluting the water bodies with waste like plastic. This has started the extinction of many rare types of aquatic animals. Due to carelessness of humans, oil spills too contribute to water pollution. Sometimes resorts and amusement parks throw the used water containing human faeces which again pollute to water pollution.

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Such a  behavior of man should be avoided to create an equal and peaceful environment for all living beings. Instead of throwing waste materials in water bodies, recycling them into other useful products becomes efficient and also avoids water pollution. It is still not late to accept our mistakes and become one to save animals and plants form the verge of extinction rather than fighting wars and battles among ourselves and destroy nature.

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Water is the most important element in our life, we humans have been existing in this world because of water. Water is the primary source of life, it helps us to clean our body, it helps the plants to grow and produce oxygen for the mammals in our world. Water thus is the most important element and we should rather conserve it than waste it.

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The rivers and the lakes are commercially the most exploited by humans. Humans transport goods and other products to different countries in the times of crisis through the rivers. The minerals that the rivers carry make the land fertile and helps the farmers to grow crops. The lakes are exploited as a tourist site for people to relax and stroll around to remove their stress, they are also in the gardens where people can take a boat ride in the lake and experience the nature.

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The advantages of the rivers and lakes are endless, but sadly the humans do not realise the importance of water. The humans waste water and then have to face the consequences of it. Humans should try conserving by increasing the price of water though its the basic necissity of our existence because it will make the people realise the importance of water and may save water in the near future.