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Definition: Soil Erosion |
Soil ErosionNoun1. The washing away of soil. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Geography | The process of detachment and movement of soil from the land surface by wind or running water, including normal soil erosion and accelerated erosion. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | Impoverishment of the soil through being carried away by wind, water or human mismanagement. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Soil ErosionSynonym: Erosion. (additional references) |
Crosswords: Soil Erosion |
| English words defined with "soil erosion": cover crop ♦ mulch ♦ rill. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "soil erosion": Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, Contour farming, cross ditch ♦ SOIL CONSERVATIONIST, SUPERVISOR, RIPRAP PLACING ♦ water bar, Watershed and flood prevention operations. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Soybean field farmed up and down hill with severe soil erosion, central Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | A grass waterway system struggles to establish itself as a tool to prevent soil erosion. Credit: Charlie Rahm. |
 | Native grasses planted on highly erodible land in Clarke County, Iowa, offer wildlife habitat, improved water quality, and protection against soil erosion. Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | Alternating strips of alfalfa and oats with corn on the contour protects this crop field in Jasper County, Iowa from soil erosion. Credit: Erwin Cole. |
 | Windbreaks reduce soil erosion from wind and protect plants from wind-related damage. Credit: Ron Blake. |  | Contour stripcropping is a system of growing crops in bands or strips on or near the contour to reduce soil erosion and water runoff. Credit: Glenn Shea. |
 | Cover crops in an orchard reduce soil erosion. Credit: Gary Kramer. |  | Conservation practices such as contour rows and field borders help protect the land from soil erosion and provide excellent wildlife habitat. Credit: Dot Paul. |
 | In a wind tunnel, technician Brent Schroeder prepares to measure how live plants and straw residue slow windblown soil erosion. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | Severe soil erosion in a wheat field near Washington State University. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Jack Dykinga.. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | China | China is in the process of beautifying cities, combating soil erosion and desert expansion, and improving its forage industry. (references) |
Mongolia | Deforestation, overgrazed pastures, and efforts to increase grain and hay production by plowing up more virgin land has increased soil erosion from wind and rain. (references) | |
France | However, new environmental regulations to deal with soil erosion, engine emissions, and water pollution could help increase the replacement of machinery over the long term. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
soil erosion | 128 |
soil erosion control | 10 |
soil erosion prevention | 3 |
preventing soil erosion | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "soil erosion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | soil erosion, jorderosion, erosion af dyrkningsjorden. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bodemvernieling (soil depletion), bodemerosie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | maaperän eroosio, maan eroosio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | destruction des sols (soil depletion), érosion du sol, érosion. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Bodenverheerung (soil depletion), Boden-Erosion, Bodenerosion, Bodenabtrag (denudation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διάβρωση του εδάφους. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | talajerózió. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | erosione del suolo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | crimmey ooirey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oilsay erosionay erosão do solo. (various references) erosión del terreno, erosión del suelo. (various references) jorderosion. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-i-l-n-o-o-o-r-s-s" | |
-2 letters: lionisers. | |
-3 letters: elisions, erosions, isolines, lioniser, lionises, oiliness, rosinols, rosolios, sirloins. | |
-4 letters: elision, erosion, inliers, insoles, ionises, ironies, isoline, lesions, lioness, lionise, loonier, loonies, loosens, lorises, nerolis, noisier, noosers, orioles, orisons, rissole, rosinol, rosolio, seniors, sirloin, solions, sonsier, sooners. | |
-5 letters: eloins, enosis, enrols, eosins, essoin, inlier, insole, ionise, irises, irones, lesion, lesson, lessor, liners. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-i-l-n-o-o-o-r-s-s" | |
+4 letters: aerosolizations, neurobiologists. | |
+5 letters: endocrinologists. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6F 69 6C 45 72 6F 73 69 6F 6E |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101111 01101001 01101100 00100000 01000101 01110010 01101111 01110011 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S o i l   E r o s i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006F 0069 006C 0045 0072 006F 0073 0069 006F 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53817578239848185758180 |
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