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Soil erosion

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005922

The wearing away of the land surface by water, wind, ice, or other geologic agents.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005922
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
Synonymserosion of soil; soil piping
ReferencesUS Environmental Protection Agency; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoSoil degradation; Eroded soils; Mulches; Agricultural conservation practice; Erosion control; Vegetation cover; Cover crops; Live mulches; Bioerosion; Desert pavement; Hydraulic flumes; Erodibility index; Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation; Universal Soil Loss Equation; Soil movement; Water Erosion Prediction Project; Geology; Soil erosion models; Water erosion; Accelerated erosion; Tillage erosion; Wind erosion
TranslationsSpanish: erosión del suelo
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005922",
  "term": "Soil erosion",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The wearing away of the land surface by water, wind, ice, or other geologic agents.",
  "synonyms": [
    "erosion of soil",
    "soil piping"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "soil degradation",
    "eroded soils",
    "mulches",
    "agricultural conservation practice",
    "erosion control",
    "vegetation cover",
    "cover crops",
    "live mulches",
    "bioerosion",
    "desert pavement",
    "hydraulic flumes",
    "erodibility index",
    "Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation",
    "Universal Soil Loss Equation",
    "soil movement",
    "Water Erosion Prediction Project",
    "geology",
    "soil erosion models",
    "water erosion",
    "accelerated erosion",
    "tillage erosion",
    "wind erosion"
  ],
  "references": [
    "US Environmental Protection Agency",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "erosión del suelo"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/soil-erosion/"
}

Record 5,833 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.