explain how deforestion can result on droughts and floods
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Deforestation results in decreased water holding capacity of soil. This reduces the infiltration of water into the ground which causes floods. ... Scarcity of trees disturbs the water cycle and may reduce rainfall leading to droughts.
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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).
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