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Erosion is a natural part of the environment; it is when it interferes with human needs that it becomes âbad.â. Even when nutrient-rich materials like topsoil are removed by erosion, the nutrients are transported elsewhere â the loss in one place is a benefit in another. But that other benefit may not be something suitable to people.
Excessive erosion leads to loss of soil, ecosystem damage, and a buildup of sediments in water sources. Building terraces and planting trees can help reduce erosion. Erosion through wind, water, and mass wasting is a very destructive force. Subduction zones are destructive, as those convergent boundaries are where crust is directly taken into the mantle and destroyed. Erosion strips away the topsoil of an area, leaving only clay, rock, and debris in it's path.