If mountains are _ of trees, rains will soon wash the fertile topsoil down the slope to end up as useless silt below.
Correct answer: C. Stripped
- A. Deforested
- B. Afforested
- C. Stripped
- D. Shortage
Explanation
Stripped means taken away. Among the given Options stripped fits here and our sentence will be as follows; If mountains are stripped of trees, rain will soon wash the fertile topsoil down the slope to end up as a useless slit below.
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