| A | B |
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| Vegetative Erosion Control | Use of plants to control erosion. |
| Cover Crop | A crop grown primarily to prevent erosion and to improve the soil structure and tilth. |
| Green Manure Crop | A crop grown for the specific purpose of plowing it back into the topsoil to improve the soil structure and fertility. |
| Crop Rotation | The alternation of one crop with one or more other crops to promote soil conservation, to improve soil structure, and for numerous other benefits. |
| Strip Cropping | Planting of alternating crops in parallel, narrow strips around the slope of a field, usually to help control erosion. |
| Grassed Waterway | A ditch, designed to conduct surface runoff to a desired location, planted to a heavy grass sod to prevent erosion in the ditch. |
| Conservation Tillage | Any one of numerous methods of cultivating the soil to control soil loss. |
| Contour Farming | Cultivation of a field with rows produced across the slope. |
| Terrace | A physical structure constructure across the slope of a hill to prevent the free downhill movement of surface runoff. |
| Windbreak | A structure, usually vegetative, across the prevailing wind direction designed to reduce surface wind speed. |
| Shelterbelt | Windbreaks designed to protect crops and livestock from the wind. |
