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Modern Agriculture: Changing Landscapes

Question 16 • GA-GSE World Geography B

How have deforestation, desertification, and damming negatively affected the environment?

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Responses may vary but should include some or all of the following information: Negative effects of damming include decreased fish populations, the loss of river biodiversity, the loss of sediment traveling downriver, and increased flood severity. The process of desertification causes soil to become unusable. Deforestation can contribute to decreased biodiversity and to climate change.