The term soil impoverishment relates to which one of the following ?

The term soil impoverishment relates to which one of the following ?

Soil erosion
Soil deposition
Soil getting very deficient in plant nutrients
Soil getting enriched with plant nutrients
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UPSC CDS-2 – 2019
The term soil impoverishment relates to soil getting very deficient in plant nutrients.
– Impoverishment generally means the process of making something poor or deficient.
– In the context of soil, impoverishment refers to the depletion of essential nutrients required for plant growth, such as nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, etc.
– This can occur due to various factors including continuous cropping without replenishment, soil erosion removing fertile topsoil, leaching of nutrients by excessive rainfall, or nutrient imbalance.
Soil erosion is a process that can *cause* soil impoverishment by removing nutrient-rich topsoil, but soil impoverishment specifically refers to the lack of nutrients, not just the physical loss of soil material. Soil deposition is the accumulation of soil material. Soil getting enriched with plant nutrients is the opposite of impoverishment.
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