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Question
What do you understand by the term hydroelectric power?
Solution
Hydroelectric power is the power derived from the energy of falling water or fast running water. A hydroelectric power plant is an arrangement in which the kinetic energy of flowing water is transformed into electric energy and the electric energy so generated is called hydroelectric energy.
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