Soil Erosion and Erosion Control

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One of the most destructive human events on world’s soil resources

agriculture - especially water erosion

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agents of erosion

wind, water, ice, gravity

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Orders of erosion

rainsplash, sheet erosion, rill erosion, gully erosion

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A = RKLSCP

A = amount of soil being lost - ton/acre/yr

R = rainfall factor

K = Soil erodibility constant - amount a horizon is eroding

L = Slope length

S = slope % grade

C = Cover/Cropping Factor - how much of the area is protected from erosion

P = Control practices - prevents erosion