Question

How can soil erosion harm us?

Answer 1

We depend on the soil to provide food and stabilize water flows.

Explanation:

Removal of soil by erosion diminishes the available food or other plant growth environment. Even where the terrain may be unsuitable for farming, plants anchoring the soil provide regulation to the water flow from rains and rivers.

Soil erosion not only depletes vegetation cover, but it allows for more destructive water flows during rains or snow melts. Flooding is destructive to more habitats, including human ones.