Question

How deforestation leads to floods? explain (5marks)

Answer 1

Answer:

deforestation is the process of cutting down of trees because of which the soil held by the roots of these trees get loose.

this leads tho the disturbance in techtonic plates and floods may occur ..

Answer 2

First of all,

What is deforestation?

Deforestation - When there is large number of trees are cut down and the area become barren land.

In simple words - Cutting down of more numbers of tress.

Now,

How deforestation leads to floods?

Answer -

We know that plants hold the soil tightly, which prevents soil erosion.

Even there is not only floods but also Droughts.

When there will be deforestation there will be less transpiration and the are will get less rainfall. Soon ground water level decreases slowly.

Soil erosion - It is a process in which the top layer of the soil is washed away by the water, which is very rich in humus.