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Why do headlands receive more severe erosion than beaches or bays?
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What is the problem with coastal erosion?
coastal erosion can cause severe problems agriculture land may be lost buildings destroyed and transport links put in danger
Which is true about the effect farming has on erosion?
Erosion is worse when farms are in areas with high rainfall or severe drought.
What can lead to severe soil erosion expecially on mountainsides?
Erosion is mainly caused by water, but deforestation, over-grazing, wind, and tectonic movement can also play a role. As for mountainsides specifically, i would have to say deforestation.
Can erosion cause damage to your home?
Absolutely! serious erosion can cause your house foundation to become unstable. In severe cases, homes have been swept away into rivers or fallen down sides of cliffs. Less serious erosion damage can cause problems with basement leakage and cracked foundations.
How would a storm like a hurricane or tornado speed up the process of erosion?
Hurricanes produce large waves, heavy rain, and extensive flooding, all of which can cause severe erosion, especially along coasts. Tornadoes, especially strong ones can lift large amounts of soil into the air and pull vegetation from the ground, leaving the soil vulnerable to further erosion.
Is severe weather a threat to the pyramid of Giza?
Erosion.
How do sediment and erosion effect farming?
Erosion is worse when farms are in areas with high rainfall or severe drought.
Is Mass wasting severe farm land erosion?
oxidation
How a storm like a hurricane or a tornado speed up the process of erosion?
Hurricanes often cause severe flooding. The water moving over land causes erosion. Waves from hurricanes can erode beaches. The winds in tornadoes have sometimes been known to scour soil away, but this is rare, only occurring in the most violent tornadoes. Both tornadoes and hurricanes can destroy trees and other vegetation, which leaves the soil vulnerable to erosion.
What is the problem with coastal erosion?
coastal erosion can cause severe problems agriculture land may be lost buildings destroyed and transport links put in danger
Which is true about the effect farming has on erosion?
Erosion is worse when farms are in areas with high rainfall or severe drought.
What part of the US has the longest stretch of beach that is experiencing severe erosion?
Lake Superior In Wisconsin
When were the sea defenses at mappleton built?
1991. They were built to protect the town from the severe sea erosion.
What term was given to the region that suffered severe drought during the depression?
The Dust Bowl: this was part of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas affected by severe windstorms and erosion in the early 1930s.
Flexible channel linings are?
Usually less capable of preventing erosion under severe conditions than rigid linings
What can lead to severe soil erosion expecially on mountainsides?
Erosion is mainly caused by water, but deforestation, over-grazing, wind, and tectonic movement can also play a role. As for mountainsides specifically, i would have to say deforestation.
What is a blowout desert?
A desert blowout could be an area devoid of sand between dunes. An area that is subject to severe wind erosion.
