Soil Erosion — Study Resources & PYQs
Causes, effects and control of soil erosion.
- Estimated study time: 30 minutes
Study resources
- Indian Geography - भारत में मृदा अपरदन (Soil Erosion in India) (Video) — Hindi-medium video specifically on soil erosion in India — causes, regions affected, and conservation measures.
- Soil Degradation Explained | Desertification and Land Degradation Crisis (Video) — Explains land/soil degradation as a global crisis with causes and possible reclamation solutions.
- TERI - Economics of Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought in India (PDF) — TERI report data on the economics of land degradation and soil erosion in India (costs ~2.5% of GDP).
- GCW Gandhinagar - Soil Pollution: Causes, Types, Effect and Control Measures (PDF) (Article) — Explains soil pollution/degradation causes, effects on plant growth, and land reclamation needs, with Indian data.
- Disasters, Types, Causes, Impacts, Measures (Article) — India-specific classification of natural disasters with regional prevalence data (flood-prone areas, drought-prone %, cyclone-prone coastline length).
- Comprehensive Guide to Disaster Types: Natural and Man-Made Categories (Article) — Covers each natural disaster type (earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruption, landslide) with causes and real case-study impacts (Tohoku earthquake-tsunami-Fukushima chain).
- UGC e-PG Pathshala — Environmental Studies (PDF) — Indian higher-education resource covering ecosystems, natural resources, pollution, sustainable development and environmental legislation.
- MoEFCC — Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Article) — Government of India environmental resource portal covering environmental policy, pollution control, biodiversity, forests and sustainable development.
Taught in these subjects
- ENVIRONMENT SCIENCES — BCET21 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES — BCET21 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- Environmental Science — BCET21 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- Environmental Science — CET6201 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- Energy and Environment — CET6101 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- Disaster Management and Mitigations — CCE-6701 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu