A. Excessive rains
B. Wind storms
C. Overfelling and overgrazing
D. All of these
Related Mcqs:
- Accelerated soil erosion factors are:
A. Soil erosion by water
B. Soil erosion by wind
C. Both (a) & (b)
D. None of these - Causes of accelerated erosion are:
A. Removal of the natural vegetation cover
B. Cultivation of land by crops which expose the soil to direct rain impact and runoff water
C. Both (a) & (b)
D. None of these - An important agrostological technique to check soil erosion in the initial stages is:
A. Ley farming
B. Land retirement
C. Basin listing
D. Contour farming - If there is a little slope in the field, the soil erosion can be prevented by:
A. Contour terracing
B. Contour strip cropping
C. Confour farming
D. All of these - Wave erosion is more prevalent and well marked:
A. Along rivers
B. At the sea shore
C. In water falls
D. In all these places - Odum has described soil erosion as:
A. Soil pollution
B. Creeping death of soil
C. Loss of living stratum
D. Loss of feeding zone - Soil erosion in plains consequent to rain fall is initiated by:
A. Rill erosion
B. Sheet erosion
C. Gully erosion
D. All of these - Soil erosion can be prevented by:
A. Allowing herbivorous animals to graze excessively
B. Growing plants to form a soil cover
C. Making the land slopy
D. Increasing fertility - Soil erosion can be prevented by:
A. Deforestation
B. Heavy rains
C. Afforestation
D. Over grazing - Main indicator of soil erosion is:
A. Deforestation
B. Afforestation
C. Ozone layer
D. Goats and grazing animals
The correct answer to the question: "The chief cause of accelerated erosion is:" is "Overfelling and overgrazing ".