Question

What is Soil Erosion? What Steps can be taken to control soil erosion in hilly areas?​

Answer 1

Soil erosion explanation:

Soil erosion is the displacement of the upper layer of soil, it is one form of soil degradation. This natural process is caused by the dynamic activity of erosive agents, that is, water, ice, snow, air, plants, animals, and humans.

Steps:

The following steps are taken to control the soil erosion in hilly areas :

(i) Contour ploughing : which refers to ploughing along contour lines.

(ii) Terrace farming : construction of steps along the hilly areas by cutting the rock layers to reduce the flow of rivers.

(iii) Plugging of gullies to prevent gully erosion.

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