UK SOIL ERODED BY FLOODS CRACKS IN FIVE FEET DEEP GULLIES

Photographer captures the shocking gullies in what used to be fields.

After the floods...  There are five types of topsoil erosion caused by water, but gully erosion is believed to have occurred in this case. This is when water erodes soil to form channels deeper than 1ft.  These gullies start when fast-flowing runoff water hits a ‘nick’ point such as a rabbit burrow, or bare soil - and the water then scours away the soil. It often happens on cleared soils with little vegetation.  It comes as thousands of homes were left without power last night as trains were cancelled and forecasters warned of battering winds and flooding.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2551912/Severe-soil-erosion-causes-5ft-gullies-field-without-crops-prior-heavy-winter-rain.html

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