Surface roughening definition

Surface roughening means manipulating a soil surface to produce or maintain clods.
Surface roughening means reducing PM emissions or wind erosion by manipulating a soil surface by means such as rough discing or tillage in order to produce or maintain clods on the land surface. Compliance shall be determined by NRCS Practice Code 609, Surface Roughening, amended through November 2008 (and no future editions).
Surface roughening means reducing PM10 emissions and or wind erosion by manipulating a soil surface by means such as rough discing or tillage in order to produce or maintain clods on the land surface. Compliance shall

Examples of Surface roughening in a sentence

  • Surface roughening contractors are working on five projects around the south end of the Salton Sea for a total of 625 project acres to be completed by the end of summer 2019.

  • Surface roughening aids in the establishment of vegetative cover, reduces runoff velocity, increases infiltration, and provides for sediment trapping through the provision of a rough soil surface.


More Definitions of Surface roughening

Surface roughening means manipulating a soil surface to produce or maintain clods. The formation of clods helps disrupt the erosive wind over unprotected soil surface.
Surface roughening means reducing PM10 emissions and wind erosion by manipulating a soil surface in order to produce or maintain clods.