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| * - Erosion Control subsection of a website on Riparian Habitat Restoration | * - Erosion Control subsection of a website on Riparian Habitat Restoration | ||
| * - Home of 'Dirt Time' a television series for the erosion control industry | * - Home of 'Dirt Time' a television series for the erosion control industry | ||
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Erosion control is the practice of preventing or controlling wind or water erosion in agriculture, land development and construction. This usually involves the creation of some sort of physical barrier, such as vegetation or rock, to absorb some of the energy of the wind or water that is causing the erosion.
Examples of some erosion control methods include:
- conservation tillage
- contour plowing
- cover crops
- gabions
- hydroseeding
- mulching
- polyacrylamide
- reforestation
- riparian strip
- riprap
- strip farming
- vegetated waterways
- terracing
- wattle (construction)
- windbreaks
See also
- Coastal management
- Dust Bowl
- Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Burned area emergency response
- Baer's law
- Vetiver
External links
- Erosion Control - a trade magazine for the erosion control industry
- Soil Bioengineering and Biotechnical Slope Stabilization - Erosion Control subsection of a website on Riparian Habitat Restoration
- Watchyourdirt - Home of 'Dirt Time' a television series for the erosion control industry