Geography
What is soil conservation? State two ways in which one can reduce soil erosion.
Answer
Soil conservation means the efforts made to prevent or reduce the loss of soil due to soil erosion and prevention of reduced fertility of soil caused by over-use, acidification, salinisation or other types of soil contamination.
Two ways in which one can reduce soil erosion are:
- Through afforestation by increasing area under forests and stopping indiscriminate felling of trees.
- By checking overgrazing in grasslands
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