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Which of the following are examples of lentic ecosystems?

ARivers and streams

BOceans and seas

CLakes, impoundments, and wetlands

DDeserts and forests

Answer:

C. Lakes, impoundments, and wetlands

Read Explanation:

  • Lentic ecosystems include all those systems which have a static body of water. Lakes, impoundments and wetlands are all lentic eco-system.

  • Lake Baikal in Russia and Lake Tanganya nitia in Africa are ancient and are estimated to have originated twenty million years ago.

  • Lakes arise in several ways, like the tectonic lakes, are formed in basins created by geological activities such as warping and faulting of the earth's crust


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