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Can someone explain to me where all of the eroded topsoil goes? It doesn't just blow away. It goes somewhere. Conservation of matter, right? If it ends up as s

• pixl97 12y ago
  Simple answer, everywhere. Ever look up at the sunset and see the deep red colors in the atmosphere. That's the light reflecting off the dust. Some of it lands here, other lands there, and much of it lands in the ocean since it covers most of the surface of the Earth. Yes, a lot does go into the rivers (or at least used to), but there it is intermixed with all kinds of other materials, many of them dangerous for human health.
• marcosdumay 12y ago
  It's mostly carried by water, accumulating at every hole around - what includes bottom of lakes and the oceans.