Studies of topsoil erosion on Iowa farmland shows that as much as 50 metric tons are lost per hectare during winter and spring rains.This loss is due to the loss of millimeters of soil from across the entire surface of the fields.Which type of erosion would this be?

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Sheet or rill erosion involves the removal of thin layers of soil from a large area, which matches the description of losing millimeters of soil across entire fields due to rain.

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