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The image displays a flowchart diagram explaining the negative effects of clear-cutting forests, starting point Clear-cutting of forests lead to three initial consequences: Heavy logging equipment compresses the soil, Fewer roots hold the topsoil in, Increased risk of burning (deliberate or accidental). The first leads to Soil becomes hard and 'baked', resulting in Rainwater runs off which causes Flooding. The second leads to Topsoil erodes. The third leads to Waste wood from logging is destroyed, and Plants return less moisture to air. Destruction of waste wood means Micro-organisms feeding on waste lost which results in Pioneer species move in, vegetation is degraded leading to Less biodiversity. Plants returning less moisture results in Less precipitation which leads to Increased drought. No numerical data points/percentages provided.
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The graph demonstrates the results of clear cutting of forests and the sequences of events that lead to them.
Overall, four different destructive processes can be caused by deforestation. Consequently, all of these processes foster flooding and loss of biodiversity.
To begin with, the process of the flooding outcome consists of three stages. Firstly, the soil is compressed by heavy logging equipment which makes it hardened and ‘baked’. Because of this, water can’t be absorbed into the ground therefore causing flooding.
The decrease in biodiversity is followed by the other three procedures. The first one shows that the reduction of roots which hold the top soil in place induces its eroding. The second process states that drought is triggered by the fact that plants produce less moisture in the air resulting in less precipitation. According to the third process, waste wood is eliminated by the increased accidental and deliberate burning. Micro-organisms, in turn, lose their feeding. This, as well as the eroding of top soil and drought, forces life species to move in and the vegetation to degrade which leads to the extinction of biodiversity.
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