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Soil compaction
… Soil compaction Farm machinery tends to compact the soil. Source: S. Marahrens / Umweltbundesamt Farm vehicles exert pressure on the … and form a network of pores whose size and properties vary. The higher the water content of soil, the lower its stability will be due to the fact that the particles … image (1.41 MB) Distribution of the compaction vulnerability with varying water contents throughout Germany. Source: Umweltbundesamt Download image (212.19 kB) …