... land cover. Activities which can be particularly harmful include: Clearing of vegetation, especially on steep slopes. This leaves the soil open to erosion by water. Cultivating the land for too long without putting anything back. Crops take the goodness (the nutrients) out of the soil to help them grow strong; if these nutrients are ... . Ploughing up and down slopes causes rainwater to flow down the slope along the furrows, and leads to erosion Overgrazing, where the ability of the grass to regrow the next year is damaged. This often causes bare patches, which then can be eroded by the w...

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... This river runs through the Maasai tribe and into the Victoria Lake, calm areas of the river have hippos and crocodiles. They stalk the water buffalos. The grasslands have red oat which is the most common grass in the plains. The plains have many animals like zebras and wildebeest. Many young ... animals come to the grasslands to graze on the oats. Another landmark is the Nagama Hills. There is sand soil all over the ground and covered by plants called croton dichogamus. The leaves of this plant ... are strange. When it's young, the underside is silver. When the leaves get older, the un...

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