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erosion control

Definition:
Practices used during construction or other land disturbing activities to reduce or prevent soil erosion. Typical practices include planting of trees and quick growing grass on disturbed areas and other means to slow the movement of water across a disturbed site and trap the soil that does get transported by runoff. (Source: YORK)
broader terms
environmental control
related terms
soil erosion
Scope note:
scope note is not available
Groups:
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Themes:
agriculture
disasters, accidents, risk
environmental policy
soil
Other relations:
Has exact match
AGROVOC: erosion control
Wikipedia article
Erosion control
Has close match
UMTHES: Erosionsschutz
Arabic: السيطرة على التآكل
Basque: higadura-kontrol
Bulgarian: Контрол върху ерозията
Catalan: control d'erosió
Chinese: 侵蚀控制
Croatian: kontrola erozije
Czech: ochrana protierozní
Danish: erosionsbekæmpelse
Dutch: erosiebeheersing
English (US): erosion control
Estonian: erosiooni ohjamine
Finnish: eroosion valvonta
French: aménagement antiérosif
German: Erosionsschutz
Greek: προστασία από τη διάβρωση
Hungarian: erózió ellenőrzése
Irish: rialú creimthe
Italian: controllo dell'erosione
Latvian: erozijas kontrole
Lithuanian: erozijos kontrolė
Maltese: kontroll tal-erożjoni
Norwegian: erosjonsvern
Polish: walka z erozją
Portuguese: controlo de erosão
Romanian: combaterea eroziunii
Russian: контроль за эрозией
Slovak: protierózna ochrana
Slovenian: preprečevanje erozije
Spanish: control de erosión
Swedish: erosionsövervakning
Turkish: erozyon kontrolü
Ukrainian: контроль над ерозією
Concept URL: <http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/2964>