1. Soil Erosion

2. Sticky note time What do you know about soil erosion?
-How has erosion impacted agriculture or yourself?
-What are some examples of soil erosion?

3. Effects of soil erosion

4. Weathering and erosion
Weathering
Erosion
breaking
Take away

5. Types of soil erosion Wind erosion Frozen melt erosion Water erosion
Splash erosion
Sheet erosion
Rill erosion
Gully erosion

6. Wind erosion
Dust Bowl of 1930s “Dirty thirties”

7. Frozen melt erosion

8. Splash erosion

9. Sheet erosion
Typically seen when water washes off soil on hills

10. Rill Erosion
Most common kind of erosion
“crop rows”

11. Gully erosion
Once rills are large enough to restrict vehicular access they are referred to as gullies

12. Prevention is key
Plant vegetation especially on hills (native is best)
Prevent/ control runoff water
Create windbreaks
Avoid compacting soils
Stick to trails
Avoid using heavy machinery
Avoid overgrazing

13. Resources http://159.226.205.16/curriculum/3w/01/type/index.html