Erosion control

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Terraces, conservation tillage, and conservation buffers save soil and improve water quality on this Iowa farm. 1999. Photo by Lynn Betts, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Erosion control is the practice of preventing or controlling wind or water erosion in agriculture, land development and construction. This usually involves the creation of some sort of physical barrier, such as vegetation or rock, to absorb some of the energy of the wind or water that is causing the erosion.

Examples of some erosion control methods include:

• conservation tillage
• contour plowing
• cover crops
• gabions
• hydroseeding
• mulching
• polyacrylamide
• reforestation
• riparian strip
• riprap
• strip farming
• vegetated waterways
• terracing
• wattle (construction)
• windbreaks

[edit] See also

• Coastal management
• Dust Bowl
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Burned area emergency response

[edit] External links

• Erosion Control - a trade magazine for the erosion control industry
• Dirt Time - A Television Series dedicated completely to the Erosion & Sediment Control Industry
• Dirt Time Video Clip at YouTube - Preview of the educational series
• Soil Bioengineering and Biotechnical Slope Stabilization - Erosion Control subsection of a website on Riparian Habitat Restoration

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