Uploaded on 2018-03-31 by Anna Saveleva

Provisioning services - people grow food in their yards (can be seen in the periphery of the city, a lot of people have a second home with a garden in Russia, they live and grow plants there in summer) - nearby forests provide us with mushrooms and berries - river provides transportation function - source of water Regulating services - trees protect the bank of the river from erosion - the floodplain of the river richens the water and is an important factor of the river self-regulation, which also affect the reduce of flood risk Habitat or Supporting services - habitat for regular ad even rare species Cultural services - parks provide a different lifestyle and help authorities to win people's hearts - rivers are not only sacramental places for the society and a touristic destination, but a route for cruise ships that brings even more tourists PS: all photos except the one with mushrooms are taken from the Internet