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Soil degradation

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005920

Soil degradation is defined as the process, which lowers (quantitatively or qualitatively) the current and/or the potential capability of soil to produce goods or services.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005920
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
Synonymssoil deterioration
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoEnvironmental degradation; Soil processes and phenomena; Land degradation; Desertification; Water stable soil aggregates; Sodium adsorption ratio; Soil quality; Soil exhaustion; Soil erosion; Soil surface sealing; Soil salinization; Soil acidification; Soil slaking
TranslationsSpanish: degradación del suelo
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005920",
  "term": "Soil degradation",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Soil degradation is defined as the process, which lowers (quantitatively or qualitatively) the current and/or the potential capability of soil to produce goods or services.",
  "synonyms": [
    "soil deterioration"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "environmental degradation",
    "soil processes and phenomena",
    "land degradation",
    "desertification",
    "water stable soil aggregates",
    "sodium adsorption ratio",
    "soil quality",
    "soil exhaustion",
    "soil erosion",
    "soil surface sealing",
    "soil salinization",
    "soil acidification",
    "soil slaking"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "degradación del suelo"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/soil-degradation/"
}

Record 5,831 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.