Correct option is D
Splash erosion occurs when raindrops hit bare soil surfaces, displacing soil particles and leading to the formation of crusts that inhibit water infiltration.
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Question
Which type of soil erosion is characterized by the bombardment of raindrops acting like small bombs on bare soil, causing soil particle detachment, disintegration, and crust formation that reduces infiltration?
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- 1)
Match List I with List II
Set A
Set B
[i] Splash erosion
[a] Impact of falling raindrops
[ii] Saltation
[b] Wind erosion
[iii] Erosivity
[c] Rainfall factor
[iv] Dispersion ratio
[d] Impact force required to detach soil particles
- 2)
The correct order of wind erosion processes is
- 3)
Biological control of wind erosion is
- 4)Size range of soil particles in saltation type of wind erosion is:
- 5)Arrange the sequence in terms of the increasing order of soil loss from the field due to water erosions: (A) Gully erosion (B) Rill erosion (C) Splash erosion (D) Sheet erosion
- 6)The measure of detachment and movement of soil minerals and organic matter by wind and water is –
- 7)The erosion in which soil matrix is lost but remains undetached for long period and removes thin layer of soil from large area is called –
- 8)Match List – I with List – II
Choose the correct answer from the options given belowList – I
List – II
A. Splash erosion
I. Uniform removal of soil layers
B. Sheet erosion
II. Most common form of erosion
C. Rill erosion
III. Advanced stage of rill erosion
D. Gully erosion
IV. Due to rain drop action
- 9)If the rate of soil loss does not exceed the rate of soil formation it is called
- 10)
Select the crops which serve as vegetative barriers against soil erosion
I. Vetiver II. Agave III. Cenchrus grass
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- 1)
Match List I with List II
Set A
Set B
[i] Splash erosion
[a] Impact of falling raindrops
[ii] Saltation
[b] Wind erosion
[iii] Erosivity
[c] Rainfall factor
[iv] Dispersion ratio
[d] Impact force required to detach soil particles
- 2)
The correct order of wind erosion processes is
- 3)
Biological control of wind erosion is
- 4)Size range of soil particles in saltation type of wind erosion is:
- 5)Arrange the sequence in terms of the increasing order of soil loss from the field due to water erosions: (A) Gully erosion (B) Rill erosion (C) Splash erosion (D) Sheet erosion
- 6)The measure of detachment and movement of soil minerals and organic matter by wind and water is –
- 7)The erosion in which soil matrix is lost but remains undetached for long period and removes thin layer of soil from large area is called –
- 8)Match List – I with List – II
Choose the correct answer from the options given belowList – I
List – II
A. Splash erosion
I. Uniform removal of soil layers
B. Sheet erosion
II. Most common form of erosion
C. Rill erosion
III. Advanced stage of rill erosion
D. Gully erosion
IV. Due to rain drop action
- 9)If the rate of soil loss does not exceed the rate of soil formation it is called
- 10)
Select the crops which serve as vegetative barriers against soil erosion
I. Vetiver II. Agave III. Cenchrus grass
