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How has vegetation removal by humans impacted the water cycle?

Answer 1

Eleanor Apodaca

Erosion, loss of groundwater feeding mechanism and increase in runoff

Erosion rate rises when humans clear an area of vegetation because water falls to the soil at a faster rate.

The loss of vegetation will mean that groundwater is hardly fed.

There will be more evaporation, surface runoff, and flooding.

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Answer 2

Mila Bautista

Vegetation removal by humans impacts the water cycle by reducing transpiration, which decreases the amount of water vapor released into the atmosphere, leading to reduced precipitation and altered regional climate patterns. Additionally, it increases surface runoff and erosion, diminishing groundwater recharge and exacerbating flooding and drought events.

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