Describe the pattern of soil degradation in the United States. How does the seve

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Describe the pattern of soil degradation in the United States. How does the severity of soil degradation in the southeast compare with that in the plains states from Texas and the Oklahoma panhandle up through Kansas, eastern Colorado, Nebraska, and Iowa to the Dakotas? What factor could have caused this pattern? A. Soil degradation is light on the east coast and in the Southeast, severe in the plain states, and moderate in the mountain states. Most likely cause: the less severe soil degradation is in the “breadbasket” areas. The more intense the farming the better the soil is protected. B. Soil degradation is light on the east coast but severe in the Southeast. The plain and the mountain states seem to be unaffected. Most likely cause: the most severe soil degradation is in the “breadbasket”. The more intense the farming, and the longer a region has been farmed, the worse the soil degradation. C. Soil degradation is light on the east coast and in the Southeast, severe in the plain states, and moderate in the mountain states. Most likely cause: the most severe soil degradation is in the “breadbasket” areas. The more intense the farming, and the longer a region has been farmed, the worse the soil degradation. D. Soil degradation is heavy on the west coast and in the Southeast, light in the plain states, and absent in the mountain states. Most likely cause: the less severe soil degradation is in the “breadbasket” areas. The more intense the farming the better the soil is protected.

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Option C is correct.

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