How to Prevent Soil Erosion

One of the factors affecting yields is soil protection from erosion. There is a close relationship between the drainage of thawed and rainwater, erosion processes and drought. Every 10 mm of melted water, detained and properly used, gives an extra centner of grain.

The Way Out

To avoid this problem, it is necessary to maximally improve the moisture content of plants, accumulating and retaining moisture. On eroded soils, located mainly on the slopes, there must be a different approach to processing than on the plateau, taking into account the features of the relief and the manifestation of erosion processes.

Types of Soil Erosion

Depending on the degree of destruction, two types of soil erosion can be distinguished: normal erosion, that is, natural, and accelerated (anthropogenic).

• The first type of erosion is slow and does not affect the fertility of the soil.
• Accelerated erosion is closely related to the economic work of people, that is, the soil has been improperly treated, the vegetation cover has been disturbed during grazing, the forests have been cut down and so on.

How to Prevent Such a Process as Soil Erosion?

Preventing soil erosion, you automatically increase its yield. To do this, it is necessary to close the moisture in a timely and proper manner in the ground, by carrying out its plowing. But sometimes protection from erosion of agricultural soils includes other, more serious measures. So, on the steep slopes, a special crop rotation is introduced, growing those annual and perennial grasses that will bind the earth with their roots, will not let it slide. Grazing is also restricted in such problem areas, as are other agricultural activities. After all, excessive exposure to a problem area can deplete it and undermine it completely, which will lead to its destruction.

Against all types of soil erosion the following actions will help:

• erection of special terraces against erosion;
• method of sideration;
• landing of bushes with stripes;
• the organization of dams;
• regulating the drainage of meltwater.

All the above methods have a different level of complexity, but they need to be used in combination to protect the earth from erosion.

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