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How does removing vegetation affect runoff?
It increases runoff and erosion.
- It reduces runoff
- It increases runoff and erosion ✔
- It has no effect
Why: Without plants to slow water, more rain runs off and erodes soil.
Huh, didn't know that: Without plants to slow water, more rain runs off and erodes soil.
Bare soil lets water run off in a hurry.
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References
Answer: It increases runoff and erosion. Without plants to slow water, more rain runs off and erodes soil.
- Scouting America: Soil and Water Conservation www.scouting.org/merit-badges/soil-and-water-conservation
Explain how removal of vegetation will affect the way water runs off a watershed.
Checked 2026-11-07.
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