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What are the problem and issues in the upland?
The uplands face two major problems: forest degradation and poverty. The link between these two problems is strong and interchanging. On one hand, forest degradation is due to poverty of upland dwellers. On the other hand, poverty exists because forests can no longer provide the economic benefits for them.
What is an upland area?
Upland areas are high above sea level. They are often (but not always) mountainous. They usually consist of igneous rocks, and experience lower temperatures, high rainfall, and are windy. Lowland areas are not very high above sea level. They are often flat.
What is meant by forest degradation?
Forest degradation occurs when forest ecosystems lose their capacity to provide important goods and services to people and nature. Over half of the tropical forests worldwide have been destroyed since the 1960s, and every second, more than one hectare of tropical forests is destroyed or drastically degraded.
What is Upland in geography?
1 : high land especially at some distance from the sea : plateau. 2 : ground elevated above the lowlands along rivers or between hills. Upland. geographical name. Up·land | \ ˈəp-lənd \
What are upland areas used for?
Economic activities in upland areas include forestry, tourism and quarrying.
What are the effects of forest degradation?
The loss of trees and other vegetation can cause climate change, desertification, soil erosion, fewer crops, flooding, increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and a host of problems for indigenous people.
What are problems in the forest?
The challenges include the effects of a changing climate, worsening fire seasons, and epidemics of forest pests and diseases. The challenges also include lack of capacity to keep our forests healthy and resilient.
How are upland areas formed?
During the last ice age, about 2,000 years ago, the ice mainly covered what is now the upland areas, which were formed by resistant rock. Their landscape has been defined by the physical processes of glacial erosion and deposition. The lowland areas were shaped by glacial outwash as the glaciers melted.
How the UK’s upland areas were created?
During the last ice age , ice covered a large part of the UK. This ice eroded the land producing some of the mountainous landscapes which exist today.
How do glaciated upland areas provide opportunities for economic activities?
Quarrying – glaciated areas provide a valuable source of rock and minerals. Glaciated landscapes provide easy access for quarrying, and so many quarries are located in these areas. Tourism – this is a major source of income in Wales, Scotland and the Lake District.
Which of the following are impacts of reservoir construction in glaciated upland areas?
Which of the following are impacts of reservoir construction in glaciated upland areas? Destruction of habitats. Creation of tourist amenities. Flooding will no longer occur in the river beyond the dam.
What are the effects of forest in the environment?
Forest acts as a wind break: They reduce the effects of strong wind on the farm land and bare soil there by checking erosion and desert encroachment. (c) It causes cloud formation and rainfall: Leaves of plants transpire causing very humidity and of course cloud formation and rainfall.