erodible
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- adjective
- /ɪˈroʊdəbl/
- Specialized
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erodible
- The cleared land is often steep and highly erodible.
- highly erodible
- erodible soil
- erodible land
Examples
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Of course, returning highly erodible cropland to perennial grasses would be even better, says program leader Mayeux.
Academic text (1997) -
With soil this dry, any disturbance makes it more erodible.
Academic text (1994) -
We can, and do, pay farmers to set aside highly erodible land.
Academic text (2009) -
The Food Security Act of 1985, commonly known as the Farm Bill, requires all farmers with highly erodible land to have such a plan fully implemented by the end of this year if they want to be eligible for federal assistance of any kind.
Academic text (1994) -
Beginning in the late 1980s, U.S. farmers systematically retired roughly 10 percent of the most erodible cropland.
Academic text (2003) -
Reestablishing a dense and stable cover of grasses, shrubs, and trees would protect the slopes of erodible soil from the torrential rains.
Academic text (1992) -
Spurgin explains that the 1985 Farm Bill requires cotton farmers on highly erodible soils to break up cotton rows every so often with at least four rows of crops planted as wind strips.
Academic text (1994) -
Perennial sunflowers would substantially reduce planting costs, stabilize highly erodible lands near wetlands, and provide year-round habitat for wildlife, adding more to WCSPs' economic contributions.
Academic text (2011) -
To satisfy this swelling demand, farmers have plowed land that was highly erodible—land that was too dry or too steeply sloping to sustain cultivation.
Academic text (2003) -
Farmers should avoid planting crops on erodible land to prevent soil loss.
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Morphology
Etymology
The word erodible comes from Latin parts e- 'out' and rodere 'to gnaw', so imagine wind or water 'gnawing' at soil or rock. That's why something erodible is easy to be worn or 'eaten' away by natural forces, just like a rodent chews things.