🌱 Soil

🌱 Soil Erosion and Conservation

Soil erosion is when the top layer of soil is washed or blown away by running water 💧 or strong wind 🌬️.

🌀 Wind and water take away fertile soil, leaving behind land that is poor and dry.

💧 Effects of Running Water on Soil

• 💦 Running water forms gullies (deep cuts in the land)

• 🌾 Bare land on slopes loses soil faster than flat, covered land

• 🌊 Soil is carried into rivers and dams, making them muddy

🌬️ Effects of Wind on Soil

• 🌪️ Strong winds blow away dry soil

• 🌫️ Dust storms can carry fertile soil far away

• 🌵 Wind erosion happens more when there are no plants covering the ground

🌳 Causes of Soil Erosion

• ❌ Cutting down trees and grass

• ❌ Bush fires that burn plant cover

• ❌ Overstocking animals who eat all the grass

• ❌ Ploughing down the slope instead of across

• ❌ Leaving soil bare and uncovered

📍 Effects on Our Environment

• 🌱 Plants don’t grow well without fertile topsoil

• 🕳️ Gullies and bare patches appear

• 🐄 Animals suffer from lack of grass

• 🏞️ Rivers and dams fill with mud

🤺 Soil Conservation: How to Protect Soil

Here’s how we can be soil savers! 💪🌍

• 🌿 Plant grass and trees to hold the soil

• 🪵 Use mulch (cut grass or dry leaves) to cover the soil

• 🐐 Don’t let animals eat all the grass in one place

• ↔️ Plough across slopes, not down

• 🔥 Avoid burning grass and trees

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