Both the passage and the lecturer discuss about the effects of flooding. The passage claims river benefits by flooding, while the lecture says flooding causes bad effects to the river.

 

First of all, although the passage states that flooding provide silt to the deprived river by providing river plenty of nutrients, the lecturer says flooding remove silt from the river. The lecturer says that water released from dam carry its own silt away, also removing silt from the river, because of strong water pressure caused by the sudden release of water from the dam.

 

Second of all, the passage claims flooding help restore the geographical feature like sandbars. However, the lecturer refutes this, stating flooding destroy natural sandbars. The lecturer supports this by mentioning the experiment result, where the water from the dam happened to wipe out the natural sandbars in the river. The experiment shows that huge amount water wipes out the natural sandbars in the river.

 

Lastly, the passage says flooding make establish plants along the bank by moistening the river banks. However, the lecturer disagrees by saying that flooding damages the plants instead of helping the river to create new plants. The lecture adds flooding uproots the plants.

 

 

To sum up, the passage and the lecture argues whether flooding provides river positive side effects or negative effects.