Soil Erosion

By Osaid Shabanah from Ramallah

For many years humans have been trying to develop them selves and their life style without caring about the damages they might cause to the environment around them. However, they were wrong and they were causing many problems to the environment , such as water pollution , air pollution and soil erosion.

Soil erosion results from many wrong behaviors , such as overgrazing in the dry time and cut off the natural plants and trees to build houses or factories.

The most important thing that affects the soil erosion is increasing population numbers . So when the number of people increases , they cut trees to add buildings in the plantation areas. Secondly, the bad and the misuse of the agricultural regions. Such as, not plowing or irrigate the farming lands.

There are a natural things affect in soil . The first thing is winds. When the strong winds blow , it removes soil from place to another. Secondly, water . When the water runs on the surface, it is moves soil from place to another .

In conclusion, people have protect the soil , because it is the life of many living things . we should follow some useful steps to protect soil . Such as ,avoid cutting the trees down , irrigate the land , plant some plants from good types and finally use the natural fertilizers to feed the soil. If we do so , we will help protecting our environment stay beautiful and give our children the best possible start in life.