EARTH SCIENCE
GROUNDWATER
Question
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It can cause contaminants to spread to other areas
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It raises the water table
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It can wash away soil, triggering succession
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All are consequences of flooding
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Detailed explanation-1: -Loss of lives and property: Immediate impacts of flooding include loss of human life, damage to property, destruction of crops, loss of livestock, non-functioning of infrastructure facilities and deterioration of health condition owing to waterborne diseases.
Detailed explanation-2: -A level below the surface of the soil where there is only water is called the water table. Due to the flood in an area, the water table increases because the water is being absorbed by the soil. So, falling off the water table is not related to flood.
Detailed explanation-3: -Loss of life and property. Flooding of crops. Soil erosion. Diseases and epidemics.
Detailed explanation-4: -A flood happens when water from a river, lake, or ocean overflows onto the land around it . Too much rain or melting snow are the main causes of floods . Sometimes the soil in the ground can make a flood worse. This is because when rain falls, the soil usually soaks it up like a sponge.