soil erosion
Soil erosion refers to the process by which the top layer of soil is worn away or removed by natural factors such as water, wind, or human activities, causing a loss of fertile soil and potential degradation of the land.
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Related Concepts (36)
- agricultural practices
- clear-cutting
- climate change impacts
- common-pool resources
- contour plowing
- crop damage
- deforestation
- desertification
- ecosystem disruption
- environmental impact
- environmental preservation
- erosion
- erosion control measures
- forest degradation
- habitat destruction
- land degradation
- land-use change
- monsoon
- monsoons
- mulching
- natural resource depletion
- overgrazing
- rainforest destruction
- reforestation
- runoff
- sedimentation
- slope stability
- soil carbon
- soil conservation
- soil fertility
- strip cropping
- stripmine
- urbanization
- vegetative cover
- water erosion
- wind erosion
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- dune erosion
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- erosion impacts
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- rainfall erosivity
- river erosion
- soil contamination
- soil degradation
- soil erosion and depletion
- soil erosion and desertification
- soil erosion and sedimentation
- soil erosion control
- soil erosion mitigation
- soil erosion prevention
- soil restoration