Soil erosion

URI: https://soilwise-he.github.io/soil-health#SoilErosion

Definition

Soil erosion refers to the loss of fertile topsoil after erosive rain events on sensitive soils, largely in the absence of sufficient vegetation cover.

Broaders

• soil indicators

• soil threat indicators

Narrowers

• anthropogenic erosion

• soil erosion by water

• soil erosion by wind

Exact match

• http://opendata.inrae.fr/thesaurusINRAE/c_1543

• http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/7858

Close match

• http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2651

affects

• requires: RoadClearanceOperations
• AFX_0000408: PoorDrainageMaintenance
• causes: FrostHeave
• requires: SedimentationClearanceOperations
• causes: Deformation
• object: PavementLifetime

AFX_0002843

process

AFX_0002843

resulting landform

AFX_0002843

agent

AFX_0002843

intensity

BFO_0000066

sensitive soils

BFO_0000066

topsoil

OAE_0000186

• RO_0002213: FloodRisk

OAE_0000186

• RO_0002212: Biodiversity
• RO_0002212: SoilOrganicMatter

OAE_0000186

soil threats

RO_0002212

soil-related ecosystem services

RO_0002212

soil quality

RO_0002212

soil functions

RO_0002331

soil organic carbon cycling

TXPO_0003500

field

source

Poesen2018

source

mapping and assessment of ecosystems and their services

source

EC2017

source

Chappell2016

source

Huber2008

source

Stolte2016

unit

KiloGM-PER-HA-YR

SIO_000635

soil compaction

BAO_0095002

rate of loss of topsoil mass

related

soil fertility

related

vegetation cover

indicates

soil threats

isAccompaniedBy

soil organic carbon losses

isEssentialFor

soils

isLimitedBy

land management