Soil Conservation Crossword Puzzle

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Indigenous Crops: They aid soil aeration and help it maintain porosity.
Dams: Can be useful in controlling erosion: reducing flows by storing runoff
Water: Are one of the most effective ways to prevent soil erosion.
Mulch: Improving soil and Moisture retention
Fertilizers: Helps soil maintain moisture, decrease water runoff,prevent crusting and increase the long-term accumulation of organic matter
Contour Plowing: Plowing along the contours of the land in order to minimize soil erosion.
Crop Rotation: Is the practice of growing a series of dissimilar or different types of crops in the same area in sequenced seasons
Trees: Reduces the rate of erosion by: protecting the soil from the impact of rain
Terracing: Make or form sloping land into a number of level flat areas resembling a series of steps.
Earthworms: Converts decaying residue and raw, in-soil nutrients into forms
Vegetation: help reduce erosion in other ways, such as breaking the wind that might blow dry topsoil away
pH: Is an indication of soil and is measured in  units
Monitor Grazing: Helps to prevent depletion of the soil
Buffer Strips: is an area of land maintained in permanent vegetation that helps to control air, soil,

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indigenous crops: they aid soil aeration and help it maintain porosity.
dams: can be useful in controlling erosion: reducing flows by storing runoff
water: are one of the most effective ways to prevent soil erosion.
mulch: improving soil and moisture retention
fertilizers: helps soil maintain moisture, decrease water runoff,prevent crusting and increase the long-term accumulation of organic matter
contour plowing: plowing along the contours of the land in order to minimize soil erosion.
crop rotation: is the practice of growing a series of dissimilar or different types of crops in the same area in sequenced seasons
trees: reduces the rate of erosion by: protecting the soil from the impact of rain
terracing: make or form sloping land into a number of level flat areas resembling a series of steps.
earthworms: converts decaying residue and raw, in-soil nutrients into forms
vegetation: help reduce erosion in other ways, such as breaking the wind that might blow dry topsoil away
ph: is an indication of soil and is measured in units
monitor grazing: helps to prevent depletion of the soil
buffer strips: is an area of land maintained in permanent vegetation that helps to control air, soil,