Question

how does soil erosion affect the life of people

Answer 1

In countries where most inhabitants live in poverty, like most of Central America and some in South America, erosion plays an important role in human lives. A lot of towns or small villages are built on mountain slopes or near slopes. During the rainy season, for example, those slopes erode due to the action of the water causing the bare soils (deforested to construct houses) to cave killing most if not all of the villagers. Sometimes it happens in the big cities too, where poor people build their houses at the periphery of the big cities around slopes. They are the ones that suffer the most due to erosion. Also, deforestation lives naked soils that are prone to wind and water erosion. Because the rate of human-induced water and wind erosion can greatly exceed natural rates of soil formation and erosion,the soil may become depleted and severely affect crop production. Maintaining soil productivity for sustainable food production is an ongoing challenge for farmers, agricultural and environmental professionals, and governments worldwide ...hope this is helpful..plz mark as brainliest...

Answer 2

Answer:

The transition from natural vegetation to agriculture frequently fails to retain soil, and many of these plants, such as coffee, cotton, palm oil, soybeans, and wheat, can actually increase soil erosion beyond the soil's ability to maintain itself.

Explanation:

In the last 150 years, half of the world's topsoil has been lost. Other aspects of agriculture, in addition to erosion, have an impact on soil quality. Compaction, loss of soil structure, nutrient degradation, and soil salinity are some of the consequences. These are very real, and at times serious, problems.

Soil erosion has consequences that go beyond the loss of fertile land. It has increased pollution and sedimentation in streams and rivers, clogging these waterways and causing fish and other species to decline. Erosion causes significant losses of water, nutrients, soil organic matter, and soil biota, causing damage to forests, rangeland, and natural ecosystems.

Erosion increases the amount of dust carried by wind, which not only acts as an abrasive and an air pollutant, but also transports approximately 20 human infectious disease organisms such as anthrax and tuberculosis.

Sustainable land use can help to mitigate the negative effects of agriculture and livestock by preventing soil degradation and erosion, as well as the loss of valuable land to desertification.

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