Air pollution and soil erosion

COLOMBIA ´S   climate varies from tropical to temperate, resulting in a diverse environmental system. This concentration of people in cities as a result of a collection of environmental problems, is the most influential in air pollution factor.







                 






                  Amazonas

                                     

                                             Guajira

Medellin

San Andres  islas

Cartagena

Pasto

 In non-urban areas, coffee production, mining activities, clearing of land for cattle grazing, all contribute to deforestation and the concomitant problem of soil erosion.

Erodibility of soil is an estimate of the capacity of soil to resist erosion, based on the physical characteristics of each floor.

The World Health Organization reported that 13 million people die annually from environmental causes and denounced this figure could be reduced if reduce polluting factors.