**2.2 Types of soil erosion**

The erosive process' rate or the agent accountable for it is used to categorize objects. Fast or gradual and natural or human-caused soil erosion can all be categorized. Water currents and windstorms are the main causes of soil erosion caused by natural processes, but human activity can also make the problem worse [17].

**Figure 1.** *Soil erosion (@Frederick J. Weyerhaeuser).*

In **Figure 2**, types of soil erosion are drawn with slight modifications (by HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Reporting for America).
