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Which of the following is a cause of soil erosion?
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Common causes of soil erosion include:
- Removal of vegetation (deforestation, overgrazing, clearing land) — this is the single biggest cause because plants protect soil from rain and wind.
- Water action: heavy rainfall, surface runoff, riverbank erosion, floods (causes sheet, rill and gully erosion).
- Wind action: desiccation and windstorms on bare dry soil.
- Poor agricultural practices: excessive tillage, monocropping, lack of cover crops.
- Urbanization and construction: exposing soil, compacting it, changing drainage.
- Mining and quarrying.
- Steep slopes and natural processes (landslides, snowmelt).
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- Removal of vegetation (deforestation, overgrazing, clearing land) — this is the single biggest cause because plants protect soil from rain and wind.
- Water action: heavy rainfall, surface runoff, riverbank erosion, floods (causes sheet, rill and gully erosion).
- Wind action: desiccation and windstorms on bare dry soil.
- Poor agricultural practices: excessive tillage, monocropping, lack of cover crops.
- Urbanization and construction: exposing soil, compacting it, changing drainage.
- Mining and quarrying.
- Steep slopes and natural processes (landslides, snowmelt).
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