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What is the bad effect when running water carries topsoil away?
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Topsoil is a fertile combination of minerals and organosubstrate (microorganisms like bacteria and fungi), which plants need to survive and grow. If it is removed (eroded) by water or wind, the remaining sand or rock will be much less fertile and will hamper plant growth. This can turn valuable agricultural land into deserts.
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The dirt or topsoil carried by running water is called?
sedament?
Why does Clay absorb water better than topsoil and Sand?
It doesn't. Topsoil absorbs water better than sand and clay.
When there not enough plants to hold topsoil in place water and carry the topsoil away leaving the subsoil exposed?
wind
What kind of soil is not easily eroded by water?
topsoil?
What is the carrying away of topsoil by wind and water?
erosion
The dirt or topsoil carried by running water is called?
sedament?
How does erosion effect soil?
Erosion causes the loss of topsoil. Topsoil from thousand of acres of farmland lost to water and wind erosion each yaer in the united states alone.
What holds the most water topsoil or sand?
topsoil
As running water flows across the land it carries what to cut a valley in the bedrock?
articles
What is the effect of running water to earth's surface?
Erosion
How does running water causes erosion on the earth surface?
It tears earth from the ground and carries it which ever way water flows
When water carries a seed to a new location?
When floating seeds are thrown in the running water. These seeds are carried to new locations.
Why does Clay absorb water better than topsoil and Sand?
It doesn't. Topsoil absorbs water better than sand and clay.
When there not enough plants to hold topsoil in place water and carry the topsoil away leaving the subsoil exposed?
wind
What kind of soil is not easily eroded by water?
topsoil?
What is the carrying away of topsoil by wind and water?
erosion
How did erosion and weathering form a deep canyon?
The running water carries enough weathered material away to form a deep canyon
