Factors Contributing to Water and Wind Erosion of Soil

By the end of this section the student/user will be able to:

     Identify and analyze factors contributing to water and wind erosion of soil

Accompanying Exercise: (For students to print off, complete, and turn in for a grade)

     Factors Contributing to Water and Wind Erosion of Soil- Exercise (pdf)

Climate, soil properties, vegetation, soil cover, and land management practices are factors that influence both water and wind erosion. Soil surface roughness, unsheltered distance, and wind velocity and turbulence are additional factors influencing wind erosion, and topography is an additional factor influencing water erosion.

The following six pages will discuss each of the factors contributing to water and wind erosion.