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Drought: Environmental Impact
- Damage to animal species
- Short term
- Lack of feed and drinking water
- Greater mortality due to increased conflict with agricultural producers
- Disease
- Increased stress to endangered species
- Long term
- Reduction and degradation of fish and wildlife habitat
- Loss of biodiversity
- Damage to plant communities
- Short term
- Loss of trees
- Increased number and severity of fires
- Long term loss of biodiversity
- Hydrological effects
- Lower water levels in reservoirs, lakes, and ponds
- Reduced stream flow
- Loss of wetlands
- Increased ground water depletion, land subsidence, reduced recharge
- Water quality degraded
- Wind and water erosion of soils
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