SEVERAL FARMING PRACTICES CAN REDUCE SOIL EROSION ON AGRICULTURAL LANDS
FIGURE 7.35 Cultivating and planting across the slope in hilly farmland, such as this farm in Pennsylvania, helps reduce soil erosion. Terracing has prevented soil loss on very steep terrain where rice has been farmed for centuries in Southeast Asia. Windbreaks of trees are used extensively to reduce soil loss due to wind erosion.
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