Geography, asked by sarthakagrawal2005, 9 months ago

what is land degradation? no wikipedia copy paste pls​

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Answered by Anonymous
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Answer:

The degradation of land or of the environment is the process of its becoming damaged and poorer,

for example because of the effects of pollution, industry, and modern agricultural methods.

There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones.

Answered by uniqueboypaul
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Land degradation

Land degradation is the major consequences of direct interference of human activities in the natural phenomenon.

Land degradation meaning

1. Loss of natural fertility of soil because of loss of nutrients.

1. Loss of natural fertility of soil because of loss of nutrients.2. Less vegetation cover

3. Changes in the characteristic of soil.

3. Changes in the characteristic of soil.4. Pollution of water resources from the contamination of soil through which water sweeps into ground or runoff to the water bodies.

3. Changes in the characteristic of soil.4. Pollution of water resources from the contamination of soil through which water sweeps into ground or runoff to the water bodies.5. Changes in climatic conditions because of unbalanced created in the environment.

Land degradation causes due to

1) Overgrazing

Overgrazing refers to excessive eating of grasses and other green plants by cattle. It results into reduced growth of vegetation, reduced diversity of plant species, excessive growth of unwanted plant species, soil erosion, and degradation of land due to cattle movement.

2) Deforestation

Deforestation is taking place at a faster rate due to increasing demands of timber, fuel and forest products which results into degradation of land resources.

Hope it easy to understand ☺️

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