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How does the slope of land or direction of
plowing affect how water runs over the land?

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Step-by-step explanation:

At one end of a contour the slope of the land will always be steeper than at the other. Thus when plowing parallel runs paralleling any contour the plow furrows soon deviate from a true contour. Rain water in these furrows will thus flow sideways along the falling "contour" line.

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