Sunday, October 31, 2010

Soil Erosion in Colombia




One of the biggest soil problems that Colombia has is soil erosion. This has resulted in a huge loss of vegetation for their country. Soil erosion has also caused a lot of problems with the preservation of wildlife in Colombia. Colombia has lost 2,224,000 acres of natural forest and some of that was due to soil erosion. The main reason they have lost so much forest though is because of deforestation( the removal of trees).



There are many reasons for this problem of soil erosion in colombia. One of the most devastationg things that could happen to an environment is deforestation. This makes soil erosion a lot worse because there is more open space where heavy rainfall can just wipe away all of the nutrients of the soils. The overuse of pesticides has been a big problem also.

There are a lot of different things that are being done in colombia because of their soil issues. Some of the soile conservation methods they are using are:


  1. Planting hedgerows
  2. Alley cropping
  3. Plowing contour lines and terraces
  4. the use of cover crops
  5. the tilling of crop residues in soils









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9 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 26, 2013 at 10:57 AM

    thanks this helped

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 27, 2014 at 11:11 AM

    Thanks so much! this information was very useful!!!!

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  3. AnonymousOctober 19, 2014 at 4:02 PM

    Thanks very helpful

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  4. AnonymousNovember 12, 2014 at 4:26 AM

    These are also great ways to help manage stormwater control.

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  5. steveJuly 18, 2019 at 12:12 PM

    soil erosion has become a global issue. Unrestricted deforestion, overpopulation, global warming are all causes of soil erosion that we need to take care of.

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  6. samuel woodsSeptember 2, 2019 at 1:56 AM

    lack of importance and knowledge of farming leads people to convert farmland into residential and commercial place.
    It causes heavy damage to soil and converts it into soil erosion
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  7. Alicia climentOctober 23, 2019 at 3:11 AM

    Soil erosion is the displacement of the upper layer of soil, the agents of soil erosion are the same as the agents of all types of erosion: water, wind, ice, or gravity. Running water is the leading cause of soil erosion because water is abundant and has a lot of power. The wind is also a leading cause of soil erosion because wind can pick up soil and blow it far away.

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