Various Types Of Soil Erosion

Various Types Of Soil Erosion

• Gullies: The running water cuts through the clayey soils and makes deep channels called gullies.
• Bad Lands: When the land becomes unfit for cultivation, it is called Bad Lands. Eg. ravires in Chambal
• Sheet Erosion: Sometimes water flows as a sheet over large areas down a slope. In such cases the top soil is washed away. It is called sheet erosion.
• Wind Erosion: wind blows loose soil off flat or sloping land is called wind erosion.