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Soil Erosion
By
Mustahsa Shuaib FA10-ERS-076
Introduction
Soil Erosion - Wearing away and transportation
of soil by wind, water, or ice. Worldwide removes 25.4 Billion tons/yr.
Made worse by deforestation and desertification. Man made activities increase the rate of soil erosion. For example constraction in mountaineous areas
Water ErosionThe Erosion that is caused by the movement of the water It is further divided into: Splash erosion Sheet erosion Bank erosion
Sheet erosion is defined as the uniform removal of soil in thin layers from sloping land.
In Splash erosion the water is washed out by the fast impact of rain.
Wind Erosion
In arid climates, the main source of erosion is wind Erosion can be the result of material movement by the wind Wind erosion generally occurs in areas with little or no vegetation
Gravitational Erosion
It is mass movement of soil - slides, slips, slumps, flows and landslides - gravity is the principal force acting to move surface materials such as soil and rock.
Frozen-melt erosion
Water expends by 9% when it is frozen. When water freezes, it expands suddenly and with tremendous force. When water inside a crack in a rock freezes, its expansive strength may be sufficient to crack the rock and to break parts off it. Some times soil can also be erode by this process.
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