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Accelerated erosion

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000028

Erosion much more rapid than normal erosion, natural erosion, or geologic erosion, and occurring primarily as a result of the influence of the activities of man or, in some cases, of other animals or natural catastrophes that expose bare surfaces (for example, fires).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000028
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
ReferencesSchwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoSoil erosion; Anthropogenic activities; Disasters
TranslationsSpanish: erosión acelerada
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000028",
  "term": "Accelerated erosion",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Erosion much more rapid than normal erosion, natural erosion, or geologic erosion, and occurring primarily as a result of the influence of the activities of man or, in some cases, of other animals or natural catastrophes that expose bare surfaces (for example, fires).",
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "soil erosion",
    "anthropogenic activities",
    "disasters"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Schwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "erosión acelerada"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/accelerated-erosion/"
}

Record 28 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.