Farming Flashcards
Overcultivation
When crops are grown on the same piece of land year after year
Fallow
Resting land
Overgrazing
When there are too many animals for the amount of grass available
Strip farming
When two or more crops are grown in the same field
Contour farming
When crops are grown around the hillside rather than up and down the slope
Terracing
When artificial steps are cut into steep hillsides
Degradation
The wearing down of land by the erosive action of wind, water, ice, etc.
Gully
A small narrow valley usually formed by a lot of rain flowing down the side of a hill
How does soil form
Parent rock is weathered to give a layer of loose material, the addition of water, air and humus,
Soil erosion
Growing world population so farmland can’t rest, degradation, removal of protective vegetation, which holds soil together and protects from rain etc. overcultivation, overgrazing
Soil management
Terracing, planting grass, trees plants and hedges, contour ploughing, strip farming,
