Soil Erosion and Topsoil Loss Flashcards by Kent Jay Pepito | Brainscape

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In this process, the soil particles are loosened or washed away in the valleys, oceans, rivers, streams or far away lands

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Soil erosion

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Process of Soil Erosion

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Detachment > Transport > Deposition

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Causes of soil erosion

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Rainfall and flooding, agriculture, grazing, logging and mining, construction, rivers and streams, heavy winds

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Main cause of soil erosion

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Rainfall and flooding

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4 types of soil erosion that are caused by rainfall

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Rill erosion, gully erosion, sheet erosion, splash erosion

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Effects of soil erosion

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Loss of arable land, clogging of waterways, air pollution, desertification, destruction of infrastructure

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Removes the top fertile layer of the soil

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Soil erosion

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