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Highly Erodible Land

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-013307

Land that is very susceptible to erosion, including fields that have at least 1/3 or 50 acres of soils with a natural erosion potential of at least 8 times their T value. More than 140 million acres are classified as HEL. Farms cropping highly erodible land and under production flexibility contracts must be in compliance with a conservation plan that protects this cropland.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-013307
FieldEnvironment
AbbreviationHEL
ReferencesChesapeake Bay Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-013307",
  "term": "Highly Erodible Land",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Land that is very susceptible to erosion, including fields that have at least 1/3 or 50 acres of soils with a natural erosion potential of at least 8 times their T value. More than 140 million acres are classified as HEL. Farms cropping highly erodible land and under production flexibility contracts must be in compliance with a conservation plan that protects this cropland.",
  "abbreviation": "HEL",
  "references": [
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/highly-erodible-land/"
}

Record 13,307 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.