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On one hand, you might think it would slow it down, however, in a hypothetical situation, not everything is thought of. The effect depends on the environment before planting begins...
- If you are someone being encouraged out of the favellas in Brazil with enticing offers of fertile land and a little money to kick-start your new life, the actual effect of you planting your crops does not particularly slow erosion down: if you actually cared about the environment (which, if you were them, you wouldn't), you would have left the rainforest standing as the ancient rainforest does hold the soil together: your puny crops, aligned in rows etc. do not. Basically: if the vegetation you're talking about is crops, the answer is not much at all.
- Another situation is whereby someone has decided to build themselves a hotel in Kenya; in the middle of the rainforest. Deforestation takes place, and you've also decided to build a driveway and plaza, perhaps also to clear a space for a swimming pool while you're at it: more deforestation. Now that your hotel is finished, you thought you'd give something back to the environment, so you've bought a large plant pot with a tree in it, and put an orchid seed in it. The problem is that your little orchid isn't holding any soil together, and the ground on which your hotel is build is still being eroded. In summary: planting vegetation in a pot does nothing to erosion.
- Now let's consider something a little more farcical: someone actually doing something to prevent soil erosion...by planting vegetation! Brilliant, why didn't they do it before? It's less profitable than destroying the Earth's resources, in fact it's not profitable at all. This group has decided to plant natural, local, indigenous vegetation. As a result, the land is held together, and the soil is not washed away.
From three situations above, two very real, the other hypothetical, you can gather how vegetation may affect erosion: crops, especially those arranged in systematic rows, do not bind the soil together very well, and are not permanent, so when they're removed, the soil is totally exposed. Furthermore, vegetation in a pot does nothing to stop erosion: the soil in the pot will never be eroded as it is contained completely. When people plant vegetation in soil, and the plants are not planted for commercial purposes and are allowed to grow properly and more densely than is seen elsewhere in the world, the soil is bound firmly, and erosion is vastly slowed down.
I hope this has answered your question.
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When people plant vegetation they do what to erosion?
reduce
How can people reduce rain runoff and erosion?
Plant vegetation.
How can you reduce erosion on steep slopes?
Plant vegetation
How can people reduce erosion in high risk areas?
They plant vegetation, build terraces, and build retaining walls.
When people plant vegetation what effect will they have on erosion?
I live near sand dunes. Grass is planted to prevent erosion. On a mountainside trees perform a similar function
How do you stop erosion focusing on sand?
Plant some vegetation and trees. Make sand dunes.
Why is there less erosion when there is more vegetation?
Plant roots help hold the soil in place and also absorb water so there is less runoff.
Why are some ways in which people can reduce the amount and rate of soil erosion?
we can plant trees
What plant life grows in a certain area if people have not changed the natural environment?
natural vegetation
What is a vegitation region?
Vegetation regions are geographical areas characterized by distinct plant communities. A vegetation region is determined primarily by climate (temperature, precipitation, sunlight); it may be affected by factors such as geology, soil composition and erosion, water drainage patterns and human interference. Each vegetation region supports an animal community determined by the type of vegetation and which may affect its composition.
What is plant erosion?
plant erosion is where for example a bird drops a seed on the floor, the seeds power makes a dent in the floor and then with the rain it grows a plant.
Soil erosion projest info?
Cover it with something, Like rocks. plant vegetation, Like grass or trees. build A retainnig wall also ifyou can build a house or somthing that would be also good.
