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Wind erosion is the movement of rock by the wind. Trees, shrubs or other vegetation are often planted by farmers to reduce wind erosion.

Resources in This Category

• An Introduction to Wind Erosion Control

  http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex3524?opendocument
  How humans can decrease the effects of wind erosion.

• Reading the Environment in the Sand

  http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/spotlight/20041221.html
  Includes information on how researchers can estimate how much wind it takes to erode rocks.

• Wind Erosion

  http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/Wind.html
  Demonstration which shows the effects of wind erosion.

• Wind Erosion Movie Archive

  https://infosys.ars.usda.gov/WindErosion/vids/
  Includes movies of dust bowls and sand dunes caused by erosion.

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