explain how deforestation can result floods and drought
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Cutting more trees will result in less rainfall because the process of making water vapour will slow down. Therefore the level of groundwater will decrease and the ponds and lakes will start drying. Ultimately, this will result in drought.
Due to deforestation, the water holding capacity of the soil decreases. The roots of the trees get dried after they're cut down. The movement of water through trees into the soil slows down. The water of the rainfall collects on the surface which results in flood.
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Deforestation plays several roles in the flooding equation because trees prevent sediment runoff and forests hold and use more water than farms or grasslands. Some rainwater stays on the leaves, and it may evaporate directly to the air (the more water used in the watershed, the less remains to run off).