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=Soil Erosion- The removal of the soil by wind and water and by the mass movement of soil downslope. Wearing away and redistribution of the Earth's soil layer.=
 * ==Caused by the action of water, wind, and ice, and also by improper methods of agriculture.==



==If the rate of erosion is greater than the rate of soil formation (from rock and decomposing organic matter), then the land will become infertile. Deforestation or other vegetation often leads to serious soil erosion, because plant roots bind soil, and without them the soil is free to wash or blow away, as in the American Dust Bowl.==