TRUE/FALSE: Removing trees and vegetation from an area for development can increase the possibility of erosion

Question

and flooding.

Answer 1

absolutely true ^^, without tree, the earth will be eroded, especially  the highland

Answer 2

Yes it is true.

Answer 3

Definitely TRUE

Answer 4

Definitely.  It is the root strusture that holds the soil together.  Research the dust bowl.  Think Grapes of Wrath

Answer 5

definitely yes, you destabilize the whole area

Answer 6

True.

Answer 7

Yes, it is true. Besides everything that was said before, good example is that in ravines, trees are planted(not in the wild ones). In years trees not only hold it, but they also raise it up, eventually making it into plain. If plain has no trees, it is more likely to have ravines.

Answer 8

It is true and we r experiencing its bad effects.

Answer 9

The answer is true.  When every you remove trees and vegetation it cause the dirt to be loosen, and if there is rain the ground hold more water there by allowing the dirt to move around.

Answer 10

Absolutely true. I travel to Haiti regularly. The destruction of trees and vegetation are one of many factors that have destroyed what could have been a Caribbean paradise.

For the most part the remaining topography has been destroyed by erosion.

Answer 11

True