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Which type of ecosystem includes a static body of water?

ALotic ecosystems

BLentic ecosystems

CMarine ecosystems

DTerrestrial ecosystems

Answer:

B. Lentic ecosystems

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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