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Explain three ways in which ground water is of significant to human activities.

      

Explain three ways in which ground water is of significant to human activities.

  

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sharon
- Acts as sources of rivers.
- Acts as source of water- wells, springs, boreholes, oases which provide water used in homes
and industries.
- Used for irrigating agricultural land e.g Sahara desert, where dates grow near oases, Taveta-
cotton and bananas are grown using water from springs.
- Settlement – in dry areas, people tend to settle near the springs due to the availability of fresh
water.
- Provision of hot water- water from hot springs may be tapped and pumped into houses
through pipes to heat up houses during cold seasons e.g Iceland.
- Tourist attraction – Hot springs e.g Olkaria, Lake Bogoria etc, valuable mineral salt are
deposited and people exploit them for economic gain.
sharon kalunda answered the question on April 18, 2019 at 08:35


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