Among the climatic and ecologic environments of the world (natural/undisturbed condition), which commonly has the greatest long-term rate of surface erosion (sediment yield, volume or mass per time) by water? grassland, prairie semiarid scrub desert tropical forest subarctic tundra
Among the climatic and ecologic environments of the world (natural/undisturbed condition), which commonly has the greatest long-term rate of surface erosion (sediment yield, volume or mass per time) by water? grassland, prairie semiarid scrub desert tropical forest subarctic tundra
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Transcribed Image Text:Among the climatic and ecologic environments of the
world (natural/undisturbed condition), which
commonly has the greatest long-term rate of surface
erosion (sediment yield, volume or mass per time)
by water?
grassland, prairie
semiarid scrub
desert
tropical forest
subarctic tundra

Transcribed Image Text:For an area of gently rolling hills in a temperate,
humid climate (e.g., western Oregon and
Washington, eastern US, etc.) soil erosion is liable to
be greatest under which land use?
O established residential housing
pasture for cattle, sheep, horses
row-crop farming (corn, vegetables, vineyards)
mature, native forest
early stages of residential development
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