Erosion can cause water in the rivers to become heavily polluted. The water might carry pesticides, heavy metal ions and other toxic wastes. When this water will be used for irrigation purposes, the growth of plants will be heavily affected by them.
When humans use water this contaminated water from the rivers, it will led to many diseases in humans. Also, the wild- life animals which depend on this river might take in toxic compounds due to which they might die.
