Both the maple syrup industry and the peach growing industry are
dependent on their respective natural environments owing to the fact
that without the appropriate natural environment, you would run the
serious risk of not being able to grow maple trees or peach trees.
In either event, you would be forced to retire to your corporate headquarters
in Yerington, and switch to selling shoes made in China.
The freshet is basically a flood that occurs because of heavy rainfall or because of the melting of a snow.
This type of flooding is most common in the valleys of the larger rivers, especially the ones that start their flow high in the mountains.
The large rivers have much more water, and they also have lot of tributaries, so when there's a heavy rainfall they receive enormous amounts of water, which easily causes a flood.
Also, when the snow melts, lot of water is released from it, and most of that water gets into the river, or first in its tributaries and that in it, so there's a high possibility of a big flood occurring suddenly.
Deforestation, that would be clearing the land leading to desertification
