soil erosion control
Preventing dirt loss
Soil erosion control refers to practices and structures that prevent or reduce the wearing away of topsoil by wind, water, or tillage.
Methods include terracing, cover crops, contour plowing, and retaining walls.
The term appears in agricultural policy, construction permits, and environmental regulations: The county requires a soil erosion control plan before breaking ground.
- gabionsStone-filled wire enclosures
- cover cropsPlants shielding fallow fields
- terracingCutting slopes into steps
- mulchingCovering soil protectively
- riprapLoose stone for stabilization
swales · strip cropping · grass · living walls · conservation tillage · hydroseeding · rain gardens · sustainable farming · land stewardship · afforestation · carbon sequestration · dust bowl · bioengineering · slope · roots · geotextiles · gullies · hedgerows
- dryland farmingdry farming, dryland farming, fallow, rainfed, water harvesting
- forestrysilviculture, forests, forestry, reforestation, timber
- land conservationsoil conservation, conservation areas, protected areas, land trusts, protected lands
- woodland conservationtree planting, reforestation, habitat protection, wildlife corridors, old growth
soil erosion controlsoil erosion
Loss of topsoil
soil loss · desertification · wind erosion · soil depletion · sedimentation
soil erosion controldeforestation
Large-scale woodland elimination
overgrazing · clear-cutting · land clearing · strip mining · slash-and-burn agriculture