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How do plants prevent erosion?

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Leaching can lose minerals in the soil through rain. Plant roots absorb the water!! Your welcome

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What the plants do it hold the soil in place with their roots which prevent the soil from being washed away.

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because the roots act like fingers, holding the soil in place.

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Do all plants prevent erosion?

No, only Lemon Grass and Blue Juniper prevent erosion.


What do plants prevent when they hold the soil with their roots?

They prevent Erosion


What is one way plants prevent erosion?

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What kinds of plants that can prevent soil erosion?

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Can plants roots cause erosion?

They help prevent erosion by controlling runoff.


What do plants prevent by holding the soil with roots?

soil erosion.


How could you prevent soil erosion by water?

Trees and plants help prevent soil erosion by water. Retaining walls and rocks can assist.


How do the roots of plants cause wearthering?

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How people and plants help prevent soil erosion?

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How do plants prevent floods and soil erosion?

Roots of plants absorb the water. Branches and leaves of rows of trees prevent soil erosion by preventing the hard strike of the rain and winds. The many the trees, the chance is higher that floods and soil erosion are prevented.


Why are plants needed to prevent erosion?

Soil sitting alone is loose and can be succeptable to erosion by wind or water that runs over it. Plants have roots that compact the soil and hold it in place. The more plants, the more roots, the less erosion there is.


How do you prevent Erosion and Deposition?

by planting plants and trees over the effected soil.