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A new study shows that 86 per cent of the world's rivers have been damaged.
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They examined data on over 2,500 rivers around the world.
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They did not look at rivers in the polar regions of the Arctic.
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The researchers said there were many reasons for this damage.
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Other reasons include pollution, dams, overfishing, farming and climate change.
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The researchers say the worst-hit rivers are in western Europe.
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This is because these regions have large and rich towns and cities.
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The River Thames in London was one of the worst-affected rivers in the study.
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This is probably due to a slower rate of industrialisation in Africa.
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Rivers in many rich nations are unrecognisable compared with how they were.
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