The fertility of the land supports the growth and productivity of the plants on earth and because of any man-made or natural calamities if the fertility of the land is reduced we can say that the land degradation is happening.
Causes of land degradation
There are natural factors and man-made factors for land degradation
The natural causes are:
-Heavy rain
-High-speed wind, storm
-Soil erosion
-Natural disasters like earthquake, flood, prolonged drought, volcanoes etc.
The man-made causes are:
-Mining
-Urbanization
-Deforestation
-Excessive use of fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture
-Chemical discharges & industrial discharges
-Construction of dam, road and canal
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