Question

Suggest measures to check soil erosion by river?

Answer 1

plant trees around the river

Answer 2

Soil erosion is a major reason for land slides in the mountains, soil erosion is caused due to blatant human negligence.

There are many ways on how soil erosion could be averted, some of the ways how soil erosion could be averted are:

• Planting trees on the river banks instead of uprooting the old ones.

• Building dams and barrages to control the flow and direction of rivers.

• Prevent deforestation for erecting buildings near rivers.