Week 13: Russia's land Erosion

 Throughout this week in class, we learned about erosion and how it affects lands all over the world differently. Land erosion is an issue plaguing many countries throughout the world.  In Russia, land erosion is a massive issue that is influenced by a multitude of factors such as climate change, deforestation, and agricultural practices. Of the places affected by this are coastal areas, permafrost regions, and riverbanks are particularly vulnerable. Efforts are needed to combat this which include sustainable land management and reforestation initiatives in place to try and mitigate the process of erosion. Land erosion is one of the vulnerabilities of the country, specifically on the Arctic side of the Russian coastline is prone to erosion due to the rising sea levels that are encountered in thermokarst areas of the country. It was reported that the amount of land that has been affected by erosion as well as land that is at risk of erosion occupy 50% of agricultural lands within the country. The two pictures below show a graph that details the erosion throughout the land and the other picture below is a direct example of soil erosion in agricultural lands and how it damages them.  

 

Sources: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209563392030040X#:~:text=It%20is%20asserted%20that%20in,only%20due%20to%20water%20erosion. 

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