UPSET

ANGRY
WINK
SLEEPY
CONFUSED
 METHODS
TO CONTROL
SOIL EROSION

ANGELO P. BARAZON
Grade 5- Quezon

MAAM IRISH MANIO

Science Teacher
STRIP CROPPING
Strip cropping is a very effective and inexpensive method for controlling soil erosion. Strip
cropping is a combination of contouring and crop rotation in which alternate strips of row crops and
soil conserving crops (sods) are grown on the same slope, perpendicular to the wind or water flow.
When soil is detached from the row crops by the forces of wind or water, the dense soil conserving
crops trap some of the soil particles and reduce wind translation and/or runoff.

CONTOURING
Contouring entails performing all tillage and planting of crops on or near the same elevation or
"contour." It is applicable on relatively short slopes up to about 8 percent steepness with fairly
stable soils. By planting across the slope, rather than up and down a hill, the contour ridges slow or
stop the downhill flow of water. Water is held in between these contours, thus reducing water
erosion and increasing soil moisture. Contouring's impact on annual soil loss rates vary with slope
steepness, but typically it's reduced about one half from up - and - down hill farming when the slope
is between 4 and 7 percent.

TERRACING
Terracing is a combination of contouring and land shaping in which earth embankments,
or ridges, are designed to intercept runoff water and channel it to a specific outlet.
Terraces reduce erosion by decreasing the steepness and length of the hillside slope and
by preventing damage done by surface runoff.
 FIELD AND GULLY PLANTING

A gully or grade stabilization structure is an embankment or spillway built across a

drainageway to prevent soil erosion. Grade stabilization structures are especially important
in areas of Minnesota where sediment loading from gully erosion is a major water quality
concern.
WINDBREAKS
A windbreak (shelterbelt) is a plantation usually made up of one or more rows
of trees or shrubs planted in such a manner as to provide shelter from the wind and to protect soil
from erosion. They are commonly planted in hedgerows around the edges of fields on farms. If
designed properly, windbreaks around a home can reduce the cost of heating and cooling and
save energy.

GULLY CONTROL DAMS

Gully plugs, also called check dams, are mainly built to prevent erosion and to settle sediments
and pollutants. Furthermore, it is possible to keep soil moisture due to infiltration.