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Written from an agronomic - rather than an engineering - perspective, this comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to soil and water conservation explores a full range of topics and environmental issues, including some ignored or overlooked in other books on the subject.*NEW - Gives more emphasis to water conservation and other environmental issues. *NEW - Contains a revised and updated discussion of soil-loss equations. - Includes the new computerized versions along with the paper versions. *NEW - Provides expanded coverage of water quality and conservation. - Introduces concepts with a section on the water cycle and world climate. *NEW - Divides coverage on Soil and Water Pollution into two full chapters - Soil Pollution, and Water Quality and Pollution. *NEW - Updates and expands literature citations and chapter-end reference lists. *Discusses the impact of erosion on civilization and how erosion occurs, both naturally and through human causes. *Covers the use of the soil-loss equations for water erosion and wind erosion in detail - an important base for management decisions regarding the most appropriate choices of conservation practices to solve erosion problems. - Uses forms

ISBN-13

9780136222002

ISBN-10

0136222005

Weight

2.28 Pounds

Dimensions

7.17 x 1.10 x 9.53 In

List Price

$120.00

Edition

3rd Edition

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Pages

624 pages

Publisher

Prentice Hall College Div

Published On

1998-05-28



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