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Farmers might leave fields
unplanted over winter so
that crop diseases go away.
Cold weather can freeze bare
soils in place to stop them
being carried away by wind.
Snow can protect
grass from freezing
temperatures that
might damage it.
Weathered downstream
Soil taken away by weather is
washed into rivers and carried
out to sea. The soil that took
thousands of years to form is
lost forever.
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