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Preferred term

erosion control

Is replaced by

erosion control

Definition

[GEMET] Practices used during construction or other land disturbing activities to reduce or prevent soil erosion. Typical practices include planting of trees and quick growing grass on disturbed areas and other means to slow the movement of water across a disturbed site and trap the soil that does get transported by runoff.

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Scope note

MS Academic Keywords

Creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0417

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Created 8/3/16, last modified 1/13/23

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