What steps can be taken to control soil erosion in hilly areas?

Methods of soil conservation:

(i) Ploughing along the contour lines can decrease the speed o[ water flow down the slopes.

(ii) Step or terrace cultivation on slopes restricts erosion. Western and Central Himalayas have well-developed terrace farming.

(iii) Strip cropping: Here large fields can be divided into strips. Strips of grass are left to grow between the crops. This breaks up the force of the wind.

(iv) Shelter belt plantation: Tree are planted in rows. These shelter belts have led to the stabilisation of sand dunes and in stabilising the desert in western India.

The methods of soil conservation in hilly regions are : 

(i) Plowing along the contour lines decreases the speed of water low down the slopes. 

(ii) terrace cultivation on slopes decreases erosion. 

(iii) Strip cropping: large ields are divided into strips. Strips of grass are left to grow between the crops. This breaks up the force of the wind. 

(iv) Shelter plantation: here Tree are planted in rows. These shelterbelts have led to the stabilization of sand dunes and in stabilizing the desert in western India.