Define soil erosi

Soil erosion is the wear of top fertile soil by wind or water is known as soil erosion.

Causes of soil erosion-

● Top soil is blown away by high speed wind.

● Deforested land losens the soil as the roots that hold the soil together no longer exist. This loosened soil gets eroded away by wind and water easily.

● Top soil is often carried away by flowing rainwater.

Effects of soil erosion are-

● Reduction in growth of new plants as the topsoil erodes away and the remaining soil is not that fertile to support growth.

● Soil erosion leads to contamination of water sources and pollutes the public areas.

Methods to prevent soil erosion are-

● Stopping deforestation and planting more and more trees so that roots bind to the soil and hold the soil together, thus preventing it from being eroded away.

●Making windbreakers from trees on the land to prevent erosion of soil by wind blowing across it.