The flow chart shows ‘trampling’, the negative effect of tourists walking in the countryside for the environment. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features.

The flow chart illustrates how environmental

damage

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is produced by tourists walking in the countryside.

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, the process involves a multi-stage feedback loop consisting of nine steps, beginning with the physical act of trampling and culminating in severe erosion and the

overall

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decline of

soil

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and

vegetation

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quality. The process clearly splits into two main pathways

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direct botanical

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and

soil

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degradation.

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, the local grassland is trampled underfoot by the influx of sightseers.

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immediately splits the

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. On the left side of the process, direct

vegetation

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damage

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occurs, causing plants to languish and become weaker. Simultaneously, on the right side, the

soil

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becomes compacted and hard.

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compaction leads to a severe depletion of

soil

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aeration and porosity. Crucially,

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drop in

soil

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quality directly hinders the capacity of flora to propagate and grow.

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of both weakened plants and halted reproduction, the area experiences a drastic loss of vegetative cover. Meanwhile, the poorly aerated

soil

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accelerates surface runoff and erosion.

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unabsorbed water runoff

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strips away the remaining

vegetation

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. Ultimately, these interconnected drawbacks culminate in a final stage of severe erosion alongside the permanently decreased quality of both

soil

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and

vegetation

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.