eroded soil
Displaced topsoil layer
Eroded soil is soil that has been worn away or displaced by natural forces—wind, water, or ice.
The term appears in environmental and agricultural contexts where topsoil loss affects land productivity: The hillside was covered in eroded soil after years of overgrazing.
Eroded soil often ends up as sediment in waterways, causing further ecological problems downstream.
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- runoffExcess water drainage
- gullyChannel carved by flowing water
- mudslideFlowing mass of wet soil
- wash awayRemove through water flow
barren · depleted · weathered · silt · dust · dust bowl · degraded · fertile · nutrients · crop failure · farmland · drainage · water table · slope · ravine · clay · compacted · parched