District Etawah, Soil Erosion, Problems and Solutions

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  • Dr. Durgesh Singh  Department of Geography, D. B. S. College Kanpur, India

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Abstract

Erosion or flow of soil on the surface of the earth is called soil erosion. Soil erosion depends on the amount of water or rainfall. When the rainfall is high, the fertile soil of the land flows away. Thus, every year millions of tons of soil from land erosion flows into rivers and merges into the ocean. Occurs more. Due to torrential rains, soil erosion is more. It is estimated that 6 crore ha. The land has been affected. Another estimate is that 6000 million tons of soil flows in India every year and 10000 ha. Land is affected by soil erosion.

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International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology

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2019-04-30

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Volume 6, Issue 2, March-April-2019

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Dr. Durgesh Singh, " District Etawah, Soil Erosion, Problems and Solutions, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 6, Issue 2, pp.864-869, March-April-2019.