Types of Soil Erosion
Raindrop or splash erosion
Raindrop Impact or Splash Erosion This is the first stage of the splash erosion process, which results in the bombardment of the soil surface by raindrops. Raindrops act like little bombs when they fall or are exposed to the soil at the base, displacing soil particles and destroying the soil structure.
Sheet erosion
The removal of soil in thin layers from the earth’s surface is caused by areas of land losing the shallow topsoil that overlies compact soil prone to surface erosion.
Rill erosion
Rill Erosion is a form of water erosion that adopts numerous narrow and more straight channels called rills or head cuts. it is the most common form of erosion. which you can observe even in heavy rain.
Gully erosion
What happens is that the receding water table causes the removal of soil with drainage lines. When the gullies are triggered, they will move by upward erosion or even sliding of the sidewalls until appropriate steps are taken to otherwise stabilize the fault.
Stream bank erosion
This type of erosion occurs on riverbanks and is different from watercourse bottom erosion, which is called scour. This type of erosion is known as stream bank erosion.
Wind erosion
Wind erosion is a significant problem for soil. Erosion is fine, it loosens up and dries out, there are large fields with no obstructions to block the wind. the cause of wind erosion results in evaporation, desertification and crop damage or soil degradation.
Erosion of floodplains
Flood Plain occurring in rapids, the amount of flowing water in large volumes can cause eddies in the soil bed and this flood can remove the entire topsoil of cultivation. Areas along waterways are often incredibly fertile. They also offer easy access to water for irrigation and may need to provide a means of transporting goods to market.
Flooding can cause damage to soil fertility during floods. Floodplain erosion may not be the kind that makes headlines in very real societies that count soil quality for their livelihoods.
