GCE Geography 1990 Question 33

Question 33

Environmental Hazards and Conservation

Loss of farmland can be attributed to all the following except

  1. A.sedimentation
  2. B.leaching
  3. C.desertification
  4. D.sheet erosion
  5. E.over-grazing
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: A (sedimentation)

Explanation

Sedimentation usually adds fertile material to land; the others destroy or impoverish farmland.