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SOIL EROSION - USDA
SOIL EROSION A nation that destroys its soil destroys itself President: Soil EROSION and pollution continues to be the number one problem we face 1982: 2000 report to the SOIL EROSION M Climate:The major- Reduced productive potential - 85% soil EROSION < 30 vegetation remains 70% vegetation remains Part topsoil removed, rills 30-70% veget. remains Most topsoil removed, gullies SOIL EROSION SOIL EROSION 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 120 160 () Desert Forested lands Soil under 20 40 60 80 100 140 Annual rainfall (cm) Mean annual SY Mg/haSemiarid scrub Subhumid grasslands natural veg. SOIL EROSION SOIL EROSION Compaction/crusting Acidification/salts HOW MUCH ARE WE LOSING?
Much of the contaminated sediment in the U.S. was polluted years ago by such chemicals as DDT, PCBs, and mercury Estimated that 10% of the sediment underlying our nation’s surface water is significantly contaminated Sediment approx. 12 billion yards3 Contaminated sediment approx. 1.2 billion yards3
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