Soil erosion favored by agriculture
Antonio Jordán
University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain
Inappropriate practices such as tillage perpendicular to the contour lines promotes soil loss. In the picture, you can see the difference in performance at the top of the slope (with limited germination and plant growth) and lower slope (where nutrient-rich sediments accumulate). Soil type is Haplic Calcisol.
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Antonio Jordán (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
558.7 KB
Width
1417 px
Height
1063 px
Aspect
1417:1063
Brand
Canon
Model
EOS 350D
Coordinates
36.6500, -6.2905
Tint
Reddish gray
Submitted
31 October 2014
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