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Bush Fires ((Positive (Fire is often associated with negative impacts on…
Bush Fires
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Fire is often associated with negative impacts on the environment. We usually think of the damage and devastation fire causes to wildlife and vegetation, but a fire event can also be beneficial for our plants and animals. For example, fire:
heats the soil, cracking seed coats and triggering germination
triggers woody seed pods held in the canopy to open, releasing seed onto a fresh and fertile ash bed
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burn and damage vegetation communities, such as rainforest that take hundreds of years to recover
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open up areas to the impacts of weed and feral animal invasion as well as human access and vandalism.
A Bushfire is the combustion or burning of bush, forest or woodland. Bushfires are natural hazard or natural disaster
Bushfires most happen in Australia. At anytime of the year Australia is prone to bushfires. The danger seasons are Autumn and Summer the most bushfires occur in South Australia for New South Whales and Queensland the peak risk is usually early spring
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