It can thus also reduce the recreational value of rivers. The most concrete example of this is the deterioration of fishing opportunities in the river.
Loading also affects the living conditions of river biota.
Eutrophication caused by nutrient pollution in the river and siltation of the river bed due to sediment loading are the most significant problems in most Finnish rivers today. In Finland, the most significant forms of land use causing loading are agriculture , forestry and peat mining . The effects that land use has on river systems can nowadays be reduced by employing a number of existing methods . Sediment is discharged into the river system through a ditch in the forest.