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Water runoff that carries sediments follows
the shortest path to lower elevations. Often fence lines and ditches start
to slow runoff velocities. |
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Severe water erosion during a rainfall event
that is basically washing out a fence line and ditch. |
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Large amounts of sediments being deposited along
the fence line and road ditch in late spring. |
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Lake reservoirs can be filled with sediments
from inlet streams. |
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Wind erosion in Northeast Iowa in the spring
of 2002. |
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Wind erosion from an adjacent conventionally
tilled field in West Central Iowa. |
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Sedimentation from wind erosion. |
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Sheet and Rill Erosion. Sheet erosion is the
loss of a uniform, but thin layer of the soil surface from the landscape
caused by un-channeled runoff. Sheet erosion rarely occurs due to the
almost immediate riling after precipitation begins. |
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