Question

Answer the following questions in about 30 words.
(iv) What is soil degradation?

Answer 1

Answer:

the loss of soil layer is know as soil eroision

Answer 2

Soil degradation is the loss of land’s production capacity in terms of loss of soil fertility, soil biodiversity, and degradation; in short soil degradation is decline in soil quality.

• Causes of Soil degradation are:

1. agricultural,
2. industrial,
3. commercial pollution;
4. loss of arable land due to urban expansion,
5. overgrazing,
6. unsustainable agricultural practices
7. long-term climatic changes