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Consider the following statements regarding Amazon's 'Flying Rivers' phenomenon: I. 'Flying rivers' refer to vast streams of water vapour generated mainly by transpiration from the Amazon rainforest and evaporation from the Atlantic Ocean. II. These airborne moisture currents are responsible for much of the rainfall in southern Chile and Patagonia. III. Weakening of these flying rivers due to deforestation threatens regional agriculture, water security, and Indigenous livelihoods. IV. Conservation of flying rivers requires basin-wide cooperation and zero deforestation measures. Which of the statements given above are correct?
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I, III and IV only
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