the flowchart illustrates the consequences of deforestation, summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features

The given flowchart provides a detailed and clear illustration of the consequences of

deforestation

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which has been identified with four significant and major consequences. The

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immediate consequence of

deforestation

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can be understood from the

soil

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compression which results due to the use of logging equipment making the

soil

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hard and preventing water to seep into the

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and causing floods. The

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immediate effect can be understood from the fact that cutting down a large number of trees from a forest area loosens the ground

soil

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because of the loosening of the roots of the

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which hold it strongly. With the cutting down of trees, the roots within the

soil

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loosen and resulting in washing away of the upper layers of the

soil

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causing

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erosion.

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makes the

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infertile for the future. There is a major consequence in the

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aspect of the flowchart caused by

deforestation

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which is the increased risk of fire in the forests. The waste wood logging gets destroyed with fire latching itself in the forests while the microorganisms and various other species of animals are destroyed resulting in loss of biodiversity.

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, the impact of

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is found to be affecting the air we breathe in whereby the air starts having lesser moisture due to lesser precipitation as natural processes are affected and lead to increased conditions of drought.