Question

Explain with examples,how mining and over irrigationare responsible for land degradation brainly

Answer 1

After the excavation toil, mining sites are deserted which leaves disfigurements and tracks down overburdening. b) Mining leads to deforestation, which further leads to massive land degradation.

Over irrigation is responsible for land degradation due to water logging which leads to increase in salinity and alkalinity in the soil. ii). The minerals procession like grinding of limestone for cement industry and calcite and soapstone for ceramic industry generate huge quantity of dust in the atmosphere.