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Define soil erosion.
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- Soil erosion is the loss of top fertile layer
of soil either by wind or by water.
It is of
three types:
- Sheet Erosion:
Uniform removal of the topsoil just like a sheet.
- Rill Erosion:
Heavy water flow cause rill in Land. Rill erosion is the removal of soil by concentrated water
running through little streamlets
- Gully Erosion:
Rill will enlarge as Gullies and land will be disordered.
- Soil erosion is the loss of top fertile layer
of soil either by wind or by water.
It is of three types:
- Sheet Erosion:
Uniform removal of the topsoil just like a sheet.
- Rill Erosion:
Heavy water flow cause rill in Land. Rill erosion is the removal of soil by concentrated water
running through little streamlets
- Gully Erosion: Rill will enlarge as Gullies and land will be disordered.
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