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In what ways can water and wind erosion be both beneficial and harmful to farmers?

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  • Water and wind erosion can be both harmful and beneficial for the farmers in a number of ways.
  • These include washing off of the necessary minerals from soil with the water, flying off of the fertile layers of soil with the wind, surfacing of new mineral-rich soil by the flowing water and deposition of fertile layers of soil by the flowing winds.

Step-by-step explanation:

Erosion caused by the water and wind is harmful in the following ways:

  • Water is responsible for carrying away with it the soluble minerals that are present in the soil.
  • Winds blow off fertile layers of soil.

Erosion caused by the water and wind is beneficial in the following ways:

  • Water washes away the infertile topsoil and brings the unused mineral-rich soil to the surface making the land more fertile.
  • Winds often deposit layers of fertile soil.
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