Question

What is Soil Erosion. Mention it's two causes and name any two types of soil erosion

Answer 1

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​​​SOIL EROSION: The process by which top layer of the soil gets weathered away by agents like wind, water, glaciers is called as soil erosion.
Causes of soil erosion:
a. Natural factors- Lack of vegetation cover, excessive rainfall, topography, wind direction
b. Human causes- Excessive use of fertilisers, pesticides. Over grazing, deforestation Over irrigation increases the salt deposits in the soil Mining-leaves deep scars and traces of over-burdening .Excessive practise of shifting cultivation
c. Other cause: oil spillage, domestic sewage discharge in water bodies, the reservoirs which are built on the food plains have submerged the existing vegetation and soil leading to soil erosion.
Types of soil erosion:
- Sheet erosion
- Gullies erosion
- Wind erosion

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