Erosion control

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Terraces, conservation tillage, and conservation buffers save soil and improve water quality on this Iowa farm. 1999. Photo by Lynn Betts, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Erosion control is the practice of preventing or controlling wind or water erosion in agriculture, land development and construction. This usually involves the creation of some sort of physical barrier, such as vegetation or rock, to absorb some of the energy of the wind or water that is causing the erosion.

Examples of some erosion control methods include:

• conservation tillage
• contour plowing
• cover crops
• gabions
• hydroseeding
• level spreaders
• mulching
• polyacrylamide
• reforestation
• riparian strip
• riprap
• strip farming
• vegetated waterways
• terracing
• wattle (construction)
• windbreaks

[edit] See also

• Baer's law
• Burned area emergency response
• Coastal management
• Dust Bowl
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Stormwater
• Vetiver

[edit] External links

• Erosion Control - a trade magazine for the erosion control industry
• International Erosion Control Association - Professional Association, Publications, Training
• Soil Bioengineering and Biotechnical Slope Stabilization - Erosion Control subsection of a website on Riparian Habitat Restoration
• Watchyourdirt - Home of 'Dirt Time' a television series for the erosion control industry