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Digging Away Droughts:

Flattening out the land can increase overland flooding, wash away topsoil, and it gives water no place to sit and absorb into the soil. Without building the underground reservoir, the landscape becomes less drought resistant and more susceptible to wildfires.

The techniques to correct this have many names and methods, but the main goal is to dig something to slow water.

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