reservoirs

• Habitat change can cause damage as flooding the reservoirs destroys prior habitats, however this creates new valuable, uncommon wetlands
• Wildlife barriers include dams and reservoirs, they prevent migratory species being able to migrate. This prevents recolonisation
• River regime downstream of dams can be regulated by using reservoirs to regulate riverfront during shortages
• Sedimentation: sediments carried to the resovoir will sit when they should flow downstream to fertilise the floodplains
• Microclimates can be established due to the presence of large bodies of water, greater evaporation may increase humidity hence effecting precipitation