Sentence examples for slow soil from inspiring English sources

This movement may be either slow (soil creep), rapid (debris flow or mudflow), or sometimes catastrophic (landslide).

With these women, I hit on the idea of planting trees to provide food and fuel, slow soil erosion and desertification, offer shade and improve the aesthetic environment.

Agriculture ministry officials want to slow soil erosion with reforestation and watershed-management programmes, and to tutor farmers in seed selection, soil preparation and growing techniques.

It would, say the 11 countries through which it would pass, help to stop the southward spread of the Sahara, slow soil erosion and wind speeds, help rain water filter into the ground and create micro-climates to allow fruit, vegetables and other crops to be grown.

Generally, soil creep is a slow soil movement downslope under gravity.

However, cultivation triggers a process of slow soil improvement manifested by a positive correlation between nutrient levels and duration of irrigated cultivation and soil management, which likely explains farmers' confidence in soil productivity.

The extremely cold landscapes where gelisols are found cause dramatically slowed soil processes and a high sensitivity to human contact.

The convergence combined with the cohesive nature of fine-grained soils creates a buttressing effect that slows soil movement and increases the stability of the hillside within the hollow.

They have shallow root systems, so slow draining soil can create soil-borne diseases.

Potato farmer Richard Thomas, of Trevear Farm in Sennen, said: "Growth has been so slow and soil temperature has been so low, we have not had growing conditions that suggest we're going to get a bumper yield.

The databases that these empirical indices are derived from include a wide range of landslide types (from slow, smaller soil slides to large, rapid rock avalanches), and the determined thresholds might not be appropriate for the Peace River region's dams.