Answer the following question.

What steps can be taken to prevent erosion of soil?

Soil erosion is a process by which top fertile, thin layer of the soil is blown or removed by strong winds and rain. To check soil erosion, we should keep soil covered. Top layer of the soil should not be left open.

The following activity can prevent soil erosion:

● Cover soil by growing grass on it.

● By growing crops in the soil.

● Plant trees on the open soil to prevent soil erosion.

In all these activities, roots of plants bind soil which prevent soil

Erosion.