Direction: Read the following passage/information and answer the question that follows.

Water resource management has linkages with the management of other resources as well. The large scale deforestation taking place in our mountains has serious implications for water supply in the mountains as well as the plains.

Which of the following statements, if true, would substantiate the above belief?

There is a large and growing demand for wood and wood products which would lead to further deforestation.

The glaciers in the mountains often carry off with them entire trees.

The scale at which deforestation is taking place indicates that in a few years, the forest zones will be depleted severely.

The maintenance of forests implies that topsoil is not eroded and moisture is retained, thus, ensuring the life of streams.