Answer:
- Water and wind erosion can be both harmful and beneficial for the farmers in a number of ways.
- These include washing off of the necessary minerals from soil with the water, flying off of the fertile layers of soil with the wind, surfacing of new mineral-rich soil by the flowing water and deposition of fertile layers of soil by the flowing winds.
Explanation:
Erosion caused by the water and wind is harmful in the following ways:
- Water is responsible for carrying away with it the soluble minerals that are present in the soil.
- Winds blow off fertile layers of soil.
Erosion caused by the water and wind is beneficial in the following ways:
- Water washes away the infertile topsoil and brings the unused mineral-rich soil to the surface making the land more fertile.
- Winds often deposit layers of fertile soil.
