List out three methods of soil conservation

What You Can Do How Much You Can Save

1. Wash Only Full Loads of Laundry & dishes Save Up to 50 Gallons/week.
2. Fix Household Leaks Promptly Save Up to 20 Gallons/day.
3. Spend Only 5 Minutes in the Shower Save Up to 8 Gallons/shower.
4. Turn off the water while brushing your teeth Save Up to 2.5 Gallons/minute.

Broadly speaking, you can reduce your direct water footprint by:

1. turning off the tap while brushing your teeth.
2. using water-saving toilets.
3. installing a water-saving shower head.
4. taking shorter showers.
5. only washing your clothes when necessary.
6. fixing household leaks.
7. using less water in the garden and when cleaning.

1. Following methods are normally adopted for conserving soil:
2. Afforestation: One of the best ways to conserve soil is to increase the area under forests.
3. Checking Overgrazing:
4. Constructing Dams:
5. Changing Agricultural Practices:
6. (i) Crop Rotation:
7. (ii) Strip Cropping:
8. (iii) Use of Early Maturing Varieties:

Soil Conservation Practices

• Conservation Tillage.
• Contour Farming.
• Strip Cropping.
• Windbreaks.
• Crop Rotation.
• Cover Crops.
• Buffer Strips.
• Grassed Waterways.

Soil is the basis for sustenance for 7 billion people. It preserves clean water and helps regulate the climate. Soil degradation reduces agricultural yields and threatens farmers’ livelihoods. Soil that has been leached of its nutrients cannot support crops, or plants that prevent desertification.

1. Planting Vegetation as ground cover: Farmers plant trees and grass to cover and bind the soil. Plants prevent wind and water erosion by covering the soil and binding the soil with their roots. The best choice of plants to prevent soil erosion are herbs, wild flowers and small trees.

6.2 What actions can be taken to prevent desertification?

1. Integrating land and water management to protect soils from erosion, salinization, and other forms of degradation.
2. Protecting the vegetative cover, which can be a major instrument for soil conservation against wind and water erosion.

1 Answer

• Afforestation.
• Proper management & grazing land.
• Planting of shelter belts in desert areas.
• Control of overgrazing.
• Stabilization of sand dunes by growing theory bushes.
• Proper management of waste lands.
• Control on mining activities.

The effects of soil erosion go beyond the loss of fertile land. It has led to increased pollution and sedimentation in streams and rivers, clogging these waterways and causing declines in fish and other species. And degraded lands are also often less able to hold onto water, which can worsen flooding.

The water holding capacity is highest in sandy soil clay soil loamy soil or mixture of sand and Loom, so it is highest in clay soil.

Water-holding capacity is controlled primarily by soil texture and organic matter. Soils with smaller particles (silt and clay) have a larger surface area than those with larger sand particles, and a large surface area allows a soil to hold more water.

In soil Mechanics Water Content (w) = Weight of water/weight of Soil. Water Contains shows us in what percentage water is present in whole soil sample. soils moisture content can range from 0 to 300 percent. Water contain can’t be greater than 100% cause it’s impossible to get obtain marks greater than the total marks.