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The deforested area can not hold onto the rain water, which will rush down the river and cause flooding in low places.
On steep slopes, the unprotected land, having no tree roots to hold it together, may make landslides. These could block parts of the river.
Where the river turns, the rush of water could cut into the banks of the river, changing its shape and destroying docks and houses.
Rainwater, washing freely over the land, carries away the soil, which ends up in the river. Then it is deposited at less steep, slower sections of the river, clogging the river and making navigation difficult.
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What is deforestation and and how does it affect of river flow?
Deforestation means to cut down most of a forest for its' timber. It causes rapid rain runoff and erosion.
What is deforestation and how does it affect the patterns of river flows?
Deforestation is the intentional clearing and destroying of the worlds forest. Trees help to keep the drives in an area in some places, in others it keeps stuff from getting into it, tearing down trees either gives the river more room to spread and thin, or allows bigger debris to get in and block the flow of the rive.?æ
What might affect the flow of the water in a river?
A dam or weir
How does turbulence affect the speed of a river?
it slows the streams flow
How do the Himalayas affect the river of India?
The Himalayas make the river flow south
How does the stream flow affect the transparency of a river?
the quicker a river flows the less dirt can stay in the river making it clearer
What are flow patterns around a stationary object in laminar flow?
This question is its own answer. The flow patterns in laminar flow are laminar.
How might an overgrowth of vegetation in a river affect its physical characteristics?
decreased water flow
What are four types of gas furnace air flow patterns?
The four types of air flow patterns are up flow, down flow, low boy, and horizontal
What are river flow patterns?
This is an ambiguous question as there are all kinds of way we can describe river flows. For example, in the US there is what we call the "continental divide." It's located in the western US mountains. And on the eastern side of that divide all the rivers eventually empty into the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean. In other words, all the rivers east of the continental divide flow generally eastward. And as you might guess, all the rivers west of the divide flow westward into the Pacific Ocean. But then there are river specific flow patterns as well. They all flow downhill because their flow is based on the pull of gravity. But how they flow, fast, slowly, smoothly, rapids, eddies, and such depends on the topography that the river runs through. And man-made dams and levees can alter the natural flow of rivers as well.
How does a tributary affect the people living around it?
Tributaries flow into another river and become part of it, therefore they make that river larger.
How does gravity and slope affect a river?
Gravity makes higher and lower water flow which makes it deaper or shallower.
