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What are the negative impacts of drought on the environment

User Entropyfeverone
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Answer:

Loss of crops, decrease of the animal population, and forest fires.

Step-by-step explanation:

  • I chose loss of crops for the first thing because, without some form of water and enough of it, the crops will not be fruitful and they will dry up and that can cause a bunch of more problems.
  • The decrease of the animal population is another major factor because animals need water to drink and this can cause the animal population to decrease and the environment would start to be not as good as is it is.
  • Forest fires are another thing because then we lose our trees, sometimes crops and our soil would be dried up worse than what it already is.

I hope this helps, I just based this off of the droughts that happen where I am at :)

User Adam Erstelle
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Answer:

Visibly dry vegetation and lower water levels in lakes and reservoirs.

Step-by-step explanation:

Longer-term impacts, such as land subsidence, seawater intrusion, and damage to ecosystems, can be harder to see, but more costly to manage in the future.

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