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Enumerate the major causes of increasing degradation of environment in hills and hillslopes, and state its down-valley impact.

  • UPSC 2014
  • Environmental Geography

Hillslope degradation is accelerated denudation: human use raises the driving stress on a slope (load, undercutting, water) or lowers its resisting strength (roots, cohesion), pushing it past its stability threshold.

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  • Major Causes
  • Loss of Protective Cover
  • Cutting and Loading Slopes
  • Abandonment
  • Down-Valley Impact
  • How Far Down Does the Impact Reach?

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