The distribution of arable land on

Earth
Identify human activities, such as farming, construction of
structures, and waste disposal, that affect the quality and quantity
of soil
Erosion
• Human intervention can increase and decrease
erosion.
• Human activities, such as reducing forest
cover and intensive farming, have changed
Earth’s surface
• One simple way to keep soil healthy is to
ensure that the soil is never bare. That
means keeping plants in dirt for as long as
possible
• Humans can increase erosion through poor
farming practices or disturbing the land
through development
• Man-made structures along the coastline
often have the unwanted side effect of
enhancing coastal erosion
• Man-made
structures are
sometimes built
to help control
erosion
Construction on steep slopes can lead to mass
wasting (erosion by gravity), including slumps
and landslides
• Due to
misusing
soil,
desertifica
tion,
nutrient
depletion
of soil,
and mass
wasting
can
occur
• Mass movement and mass wasting is the
downhill movement of large amounts of
surface material caused by gravity
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Landaslide_Typhoon Maring
• Good Farming Techniques can prevent soil
erosion.
Shallow tilling farming
Contour Plowing
Contour Plowing
Windbreaks