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a method to maintain the fertility of the soil by protecting the soil from erosion and nutrient loss. |
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- Nutrition: provides mineral and nutrients for plants
- Housing: provides a place for animals to live
- Water storage: keeps water from running off, flowing elsewhere, and causing floods
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- overuse
- poor farming techniques
- over-grazing
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| the process by which soil or sediment is carried to another location by wind, water, or gravity |
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| The process by which an area becomes a desert |
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methods of
soil conservation on farmland |
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- contour plowing
- terracing
- no-till farming
- cover crops
- crop rotation
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