Question

What is land degradation? Write the reasons responsible for land degradation.

Answer 1

Answer:

Land degradation is the reduction or loss of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of rain.

The factors responsible for degradation of land include excessive exploitation of land, deforestation, clearing fertile land for settlements, slashing and burning the trees for agriculture, abandoned mining sites and surface mining, toxicity in the landfill, untreated industrial effluents and concretisation.