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Photo ID: h4vkbu	Subject: Satellite Imagery	Description
	Dust; Dust Storms; Eolian Features; Erosion; Geomorphology; Sediment; Soil Erosion; Wind; Wind Transport	This image captures the true color scene of dust streaming from the deserts along the southwestern coast of Africa in June of 2000.
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	SeaWifs Credit Line: Copyright © NASA SeaWiFS Project	Africa; Namibia
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Photo ID: h4w46e	Subject: Satellite Imagery	Description
	Best Practices; Deforestation; Depositional Environment; Erosion; Forests; Land Use; Mozambique Channel; Photogeology; Plumes; Remote Sensing; Sediment Supply; Sediment Transport; Sedimentation; Sediments; Soil Erosion	This true-color image of Madagascar was captured by MODIS on September 27, 2001. The country's topsoil erosion problem, due to heavy deforestation and overfarming of the land, is evident in the high-resolution image. There you can see, particularly in the west, rivers choked with red sediment as they flow towards the Mozambique Channel that separates Madagascar from mainland Africa. Also visible is the large discharge of that sediment as the rivers fade into the channel. The tropical forests that can be seen running along the eastern coast once stretched much further into the country's interior.
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	NASAVE Credit Line: Courtesy NASA, Visible Earth	Africa; Madagascar; Antananarivo; Mozambique Channel
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Photo ID: hkea1f	Subject: Surface Processes	Description
	Degradation; Denudation; Erosion; Erosional Features; Erosional Surfaces; Geologic Hazards; Geomorphology; Land Use; Management; Soil Erosion; Soils; Surfical Geology; Weathering; Wind Erosion	The effects of wind erosion in northern Iowa show on the sandy knobs (light colored soil) that have had topsoil eroded completely by wind over the years.
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	Lynn Betts Credit Line: Copyright © Lynn Betts, NRCS	North America; United States; Iowa
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Photo ID: hkea9b	Subject: Surface Processes	Description
	Channels; Degradation; Denudation; Erosion; Erosional Features; Geologic Hazards; Geomorphology; Land Use; Management; Sediments; Soil Erosion; Soils; Surfical Geology; Water Erosion	Sediments filling Lake Red Rock in central Iowa at rates much faster than anticipated.
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	NRCS Credit Line: Copyright © NRCS	North America; United States; Iowa; Lake Red Rock
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Photo ID: hkeaby	Subject: Surface Processes	Description
	Channels; Degradation; Denudation; Erosion; Erosion Surfaces; Erosional Features; Geologic Hazards; Geomorphology; Gullies; Gully Erosion; Land Use; Management; Runoff; Sediments; Soil Erosion; Soils; Surficial Geology; Water Erosion	Gully erosion from uncontrolled runoff.
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	Keith McCall Credit Line: Copyright © Keith McCall NRCS	North America
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Photo ID: hkeafr	Subject: Surface Processes	Description
	Channels; Degradation; Denudation; Erosion; Erosional Features; Erosional Surfaces; Geologic Hazards; Geomorphology; Gullies; Gully Erosion; Land Use; Management; Runoff; Sediments; Soil Erosion; Soils; Surfical Geology; Water Erosion	Gully erosion is evident in this unprotected field following a storm
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	Tim McCabe Credit Line: Copyright © Tim McCabe, NRCS	North America; United States
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Photo ID: hkeahw	Subject: Soil	Description
	Displacements; Erosion; Erosional Features; Land Loss; Mass Movements; Mechanics; Slip; Slope Stability; Slumping; Soil Dynamics; Soil Erosion; Surfical Geology	A 'soil slip' occurs on steep slopes when thawed soil slides over a frozen soil layer below.
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	Tim McCabe Credit Line: Copyright © Tim McCabe, NRCS	North America; United States; Washington
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Photo ID: hkeamf	Subject: Soil	Description
	Erosion; Erosional Surfaces; Management; Soil Erosion; Surface Processes; Surficial Geology; Wind Erosion	Wind blown soil clogs a road ditch.
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	NRCS Credit Line: Copyright © NRCS	North America; United States; Iowa
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Photo ID: hl4l1m	Subject: Soil	Description
	Degradation; Denudation; Erosion; Erosional Surfaces; Geologic Hazards; Geomorphology; Land Use; Management; Mass Movements; Sediments; Soil Erosion; Surface Processes; Surfical Geology; Water Erosion	Sediment in the street of Des Moines, Iowa, after rains. This occurred because measures were not taken to protect the soil from erosion during development.
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	Lynn Betts Credit Line: Copyright © Lynn Betts, NRCS	North America; United States; Iowa
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Photo ID: hl4l7n	Subject: Soil	Description
	Channels; Degradation; Denudation; Erosion; Erosional Features; Erosional Surfaces; Furrows; Geologic Hazards; Geomorphology; Gullies; Land Use; Management; Rill Erosion; Rills; Sediments; Soil Erosion; Surface Processes; Surfical Geology; Water Erosion	Soil erosion on unprotected soil in a developing area. This kind of erosion on these soils can be quite severe.
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	Lynn Betts Credit Line: Copyright © Lynn Betts, NRCS	North America; United States; Iowa
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