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Deforestation: Baked soil

baked soil

Good fertile topsoil baked to a hard crust by exposure to the Sun. Baking reduces infiltration resulting in runoff and flooding.
Morocco

(Courtesy FAO)

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For Citation: Ritter, Michael E. The Physical Environment: an Introduction to Physical Geography.
2006. Date visited.  http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/title_page.html

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