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Flood and drought are typical hazards in karst areas, especially in the peak cluster depression karst area of Southwest China. In this study, some karst areas prone to flooding and drought area are mentioned; and the flooding and drought problem in Mumei subterranean river system in Yunnan Province is discussed in detail. There are multiple reasons for the problems, including uneven precipitation in a year, a complicated underground river system, intensive human engineering activities, deforestation and unreasonable land use. Some solutions to the karst flood and drought cycles could be returning farmland to forest and some engineeringmeasures. Because flood and drought threaten the limited land resources and also human life, they should have more attention.
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Guo, F., Jiang, G. (2010). Problems of Flood and Drought in a Typical Peak Cluster Depression Karst Area (SW China). In: Andreo, B., Carrasco, F., Durán, J., LaMoreaux, J. (eds) Advances in Research in Karst Media. Environmental Earth Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12486-0_17
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