An effective way to measure soil erosion in a region is to measure the
A) Amount of dust in the air
B) Sediment load of rivers
C) Amount lost on crop fields
D) Distance the dust travels
E) All of these are effective ways to measure the loss

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Measuring the sediment load of rivers is a direct and effective way to assess soil erosion, as it quantifies the amount of soil being carried away by water.

An Effective Way to Measure Soil Erosion in a Region