Assertion: sediment | /r/HasProperty | needed by the downstream river system
Facets:
value: desperately
type: MANNER
value: to maintain ecology
type: PURPOSE
value: to maintain its morphology
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Thus, we can think of the sediments accumulating in reservoirs (with negative consequences there) as “resources out of place,” because these same sediments are desperately needed by the downstream river system to maintain its morphology and ecology, as well as replenishing vital land at the coast.