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Question
What is the meaning of ‘Soil Erosion’?
Solution
The washing away or the removal of the Soil is known as Soil erosion. Soil erosion, thus, may be termed as the detachment and transportation of Soil particles by agents of denudation such as weathering, running water and wind, etc.
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