Question

In what ways can water and wind erosion be both beneficial and harmful to farmers?

Answer 1

Answer:

• Water and wind erosion can be both harmful and beneficial for the farmers in a number of ways.

• These include washing off of the necessary minerals from soil with the water, flying off of the fertile layers of soil with the wind, surfacing of new mineral-rich soil by the flowing water and deposition of fertile layers of soil by the flowing winds.

Explanation:

Erosion caused by the water and wind is harmful in the following ways:

• Water is responsible for carrying away with it the soluble minerals that are present in the soil.

• Winds blow off fertile layers of soil.

Erosion caused by the water and wind is beneficial in the following ways:

• Water washes away the infertile topsoil and brings the unused mineral-rich soil to the surface making the land more fertile.

• Winds often deposit layers of fertile soil.