Removing all tree cover from a watershed greatly increases water runoff and loss of soil nutrients. This in turn increases soil erosion, causing more vegetation to die, leaving barren ground, which causes more erosion. What is this cycle known as?

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Answer 1 · 2017-10-03T06:51:16

Erosion, runoff, etc. are related to the hydrologic cycle

Soil nutrients are (a) macronutrients (such as carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen, etc. and (b) micronutrients (e.g. zinc, copper, iron, etc.).

These are examined under biogeochemical cycles (e.g. Carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, etc.).

Runoff, erosion, infiltration, precipitation, etc. are terms used frequently in the water cycle (or the hydrologic cycle).