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How can overgrazing ang over cultivation cause soil erosion?

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Grazing with hoofed animals such as cattle causes to topsoil to become compacted, and also breaks down soil structure.
'Poor' soil structure is when the soil does not form clumps (or aggregates), but instead exists as fine particles or dust. These fine surface soil particles are then easily blown away by wind or washed away by rain, causing erosion of soil.

Compaction prevents rainfall from infiltrating (soaking into) the soil, and so much of it runs off, and this can also cause water erosion by washing away soil.

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