Problems Around the World

Erosion has been a common cause of soil deterioration around the world since the beginning of time. It caused the downfall of many ancient Middle Eastern and European civilizations and continues to plague the "new" lands of Australia and the Americas both physically and economically. In the extreme climates of Africa, overgrazing has been the result of an encroaching desert Asia''s catastrophic soil erosion has been the effects of hilly terrain, over population, and land expansion.

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