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Descriptor English: Anthropic Erosion
Descriptor Spanish: Erosión Antrópica
Descriptor erosión antrópica
Scope note: Erosión de la tierra causada o acelerada por la excesiva deforestación y el sobrepastoreo, con destrucción de la vegetación superficial que provoca la degradación de las capas superiores del suelo. (Traducción libre del original: Material V-Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief,1990)
Descriptor Portuguese: Erosão Antrópica
Descriptor French: Érosion Anthropique
Tree number(s): SP8.380.230.578
Scope note: Land erosion caused or accelerated by excessive clearing or grazing, with destruction of the surface vegetation, which leads to the degradation of the upper layers of the soil (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Related: Conservation of Natural Resources MeSH
Man-Made Disasters DeCS
DeCS ID: 34997
Unique ID: DDCS034997
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Anthropic Erosion - Preferred
Concept UI FD00060861
Scope note Land erosion caused or accelerated by excessive clearing or grazing, with destruction of the surface vegetation, which leads to the degradation of the upper layers of the soil (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Preferred term Anthropic Erosion



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