What Is Soil Erosion & Conservation? | SOIL CONSERVATION | Dr Binocs Show | Peekaboo Kidz

[Music] oh little kitty i'm making arrangements for soil conservation [Music] it's soil conservation kitty hey friends in today's episode let us learn about one of the most crucial practices we must undertake known as soil conservation and learn about its importance courses and methods by answering a world-saving question what is soil conservation zoom in nature works in a cycle and everything around us is interdependent but this dependency sometimes proves harmful to many vital natural resources and one of these resources is soil whose quality is degrading with passing time so to stop this degradation of soil soil conservation is exercised and what is that well conservation is the act of saving or protecting a resource and soil conservation is a practice that helps to retain and maintain the quality of the soil by preventing soil erosion through planting new plants taking care of plants or keeping soil from being contaminated but the crucial question is why is it required in the first place well soil conservation is necessary because if we run out of healthy soil we won't be able to carry out agricultural and planting activities that are necessary to feed all of the living beings on earth and unfortunately in recent times the quality of soil has been degrading at an alarming rate due to many human and natural activities through a process called soil erosion and what is that soil erosion is a process in which the top soil of a field containing the highest number of nutrients microorganisms and minerals vital for plant growth is washed away from one place to another by natural sources such as wind and water not only that but aggressive human activities such as over grazing of cattle over use of pesticides mining and logging construction of roads and buildings have fastened the process of soil erosion so the need for soil conservation has increased more than ever before the vital question is what can we do to save the soil well there are various methods we can undertake for it let's have a look at some of them first we must practice a forestation in which we can plant new trees and reduce down their cutting leading to the reduction of soil erosion the next thing we could do is minimize the use of water during farming and gardening so that it does not wash off the rich and nutrient-filled upper layer of soil another vital step we can take is by planting wind breaks yes a windbreak is a line of plants planted to stop or slow the wind a thick row of bushes planted next to a field of plants can control the wind from blowing the soil away this system also helps against water erosion as the soil gets caught up against the roots of the bushes rather than washing away and lastly we can put up wooden planks along the beaches or build sea walls against the cliffs to prevent water from eroding the soil trim your time did you know the word erosion comes from the latin word erosion which means gnawing away also scientists estimate that the colorado river has been eroding the grand canyon for many millions of years hope you learned something new in today's episode until next time it's me dr binox zooming out [Music] ah never mind