An Effective Way to Measure Soil Erosion in a Region

question 74

Multiple Choice

An effective way to measure soil erosion in a region is to measure the

• A) Amount of dust in the air
• B) Sediment load of rivers
• C) Amount lost on crop fields
• D) Distance the dust travels
• E) All of these are effective ways to measure the loss

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