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What are the major effects of soil erosion?

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The important effects of soil erosion are :

  • Loss of soil fertility and fall in agricultural productivity
  • It leads to silting and floods, change of the course of rivers, and reduction of capacity of the reservoirs.
  • Ground water level is lowered and there is decrease in soil moisture
  • Vegetation covers dries up and drought increase.
  • Economy as a whole suffers a great set back.
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