Soil may be detached and moved by water, wind or tillage. These three however differ greatly in terms of:

• where and when they occur
• what happens to the area that is being eroded (on-site impacts)
• how far the eroded soil is moved, and
• if the soil is moved away from the place where it was eroded, what happens as a result (off-site impacts).

• About soil erosion
  • What is soil erosion?
    • Processes of soil erosion
      • Water Erosion
      • Wind erosion
      • Tillage erosion
    • Erosion in the past
    • The extent of the problem
    • Erosion little and large
    • On-site effects
    • Off-site effects
    • What we still don't know
  • Where does soil erosion occur?
  • Preventing soil erosion
  • More research needed?
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