Why should people in a river basin care about land and water use?

What happens upstream affects everyone downstream.

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  1. What happens upstream affects everyone downstream ✔
  2. Land use has no effect on water
  3. Only farmers are affected

Why: Water flows through the basin, so upstream actions affect all who live there.

Huh, didn't know that: Water flows through the basin, so upstream actions affect all who live there.

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Upstream choices flow downstream, that is the current situation.
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Answer: What happens upstream affects everyone downstream. Water flows through the basin, so upstream actions affect all who live there.

  1. Scouting America: Soil and Water Conservation www.scouting.org/merit-badges/soil-and-water-conservation
    Tell why all people living in a river basin should be concerned about land and water use in the basin.
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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