A river that comes from rain, glaicers etc would be a good example of fresh water rivers. Cause the water is coming from something that is most likely been unthouched by man or has been filterd and cleaned from minerals in the ground.
The continual input of energy, mostly from sunlight, sustains the process of life. Sunlight allows plants, algae and cyanobacteria to use photosynthesis to convert carbon dioxide and water into organic compounds like carbohydrates. This process is the fundamental source of organic material in the biosphere. There are a few exceptions to this, such as ecosystems living around hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor, which derive their energy from the chemical compounds such as methane and hydrogen sulfide. In either case, the overall productivity of an ecosystem is controlled by the total energy available.
Its stabilising. Since the selection pressure is against the extremes which are the normal blood and the sickle cell anaemia.
