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After Quiz
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Conserving Land
and Soil
What is Soil?
Soil forms as
rock is
weathered and
mixes with other
materials on the
surface
Land Use
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Agriculture
This is an important
land use.
New farmland must be
created by clearing
forests, draining
wetland, and irrigating
(watering) deserts.
Also have pastures for
grazing cattle.
Development
Mining
Dust Bowl
Value of Soil
Soil Conservation
Ways to Conserve
contour plowing
conservation plowing
leaving the soil to lie fallow (unplanted with crops)
crop rotation.
Pg. 233.
Strip Cropping
Contour Plowing
Conservation Plowing
Terracing
Windbreaks
Crop Rotation