FORMS AND PROCESSES OF SOIL DEGRADATION AND IMPACTS ON AGRICULTURE IN LAKE BASIN IZVORUL MUNTELUI
Journal Title: Analele Universitatii din Oradea, Seria Geografie - Year 2018, Vol 28, Issue 1
Abstract
The basin of Lake Izvorul Muntelui has soils with a reduced but constantly increasing erosion coefficient. Due to the practice of agriculture and some inadequate methods of cultivation, there is a tendency of passage of soils from moderate erosion to strong erosion. The most affected areas, of degradation processes, are the massive slopes around the lake, where the effects of gravitational processes and of mechanical denudational processes can be observed. The plowing works for corn and potato crops, as well as overburdening, are a permanent threat, causing soil erosion processes, their destruction, crustification, the loss of nutrients and organic matter in the soil. The use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers increases soil productivity but affects the entire edaphic ecosystem and causes once ingested by the human body, disorders of several systems and devices or even chronic diseases. In order to combat these phenomena and reduce soil degradation in the area, it is recommended to maintain vegetation on the slopes and to introduce organic farming practices.
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MUSCALU Ioana Monica
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