Types of Soil Erosion

The thing that we can do to improve the stability or quality of our crops is to reduce soil erosion. Different forms of soil erosion are as:

1. Rain Drop or Splash Erosion: This kind of erosion is caused due to falling rainfall or raindrops over a soil surface which may cause the structure of the soil to be known as raindrop or splash erosion.
2. Rill Erosion: This kind of erosion, basically, is water erosion in which the erosion takes place when the water forms small channels or streams in the soil as it flows off-site. It is the most common form of erosion, It observes during heavy rain.
3. Sheet Erosion: When a high amount of wind travels over the lands or fields that lead to the removal of soil in thin layers. Land areas with loose topsoil have greater chances to come under the category of sheet erosion.
4. Gully Erosion: Gully erosion occurs due to the removal of soil along drainage lines by surface water runoff. Gully Erosion in India is most commonly found in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, West Bengal, and Rajasthan.

Soil erosion refers to a natural process in which the topsoil of a given field is carried away by physical means, which can be wind, water, or human intervention. In the process of soil erosion, the particles of soil are loosened or sometimes washed away to far lands. This process of soil erosion has increased due to certain human activities which include agriculture and deforestation. Soil erosion is a continuous process that has been occurring either slowly or at an alarming rate, which has resulted in loss of topsoil, soil collapse, ecological damage, etc.