Soil degradation by human activity in northern Tamaulipas, Mexico
Abstract
Soil degradation is in many occasions a human induced process which diminishes the present and/ or future soil capability to maintain human life and environment. In this work the Zone II of the Burgos (Mexico) in order to evaluate and understand the different types of degradation caused by human ac- tion. Have identified the types of soil, representative areas were selected for soil profiles and evaluated the degradation of these, following the methodology of ASSOD (Van Lyden, 1997). The results show that 74% of the study area shows evidence of degradation. The dominant types are: water erosion, compaction and wind erosion. The main causes are overgrazing and poor farming practices surface, to which must be added the recent industrial activities of PEMEX. The higher rate of degradation occurs in Calcisols. Leptosols have the lowest rate of degradation, but have more industrial activity.Downloads
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