Question

What can be construed to reduce water erosion?

• A. Rivers
• B. Check dams
• C. Hot springs
• D. Oceans

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Check dams

• A small sometimes temporary, dam constructed across a drainage ditch, swale, or channel to retain water upstream, so that the water percolates into the ground and recharges the groundwater table is a check dam.

• It is usually constructed to reduce the erosion of soil.