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LOPEZ REYES, Migdelina. Degradación de suelos en Sonora: el problema de la erosión en los suelos de uso ganadero. Región y sociedad [online]. 2001, vol.13, n.22, pp.73-97. ISSN 2448-4849.

Erosion is a problem which arises in most of the Sonora soils and is a risk for future agricultural, livestock and forest production. The problem of livestock soil erosion in Sonora, which is the states most widespread degradation process, is analyzed in this work. Initally, it offers a summary of the signs and extent of the land degradation processes in Sonora. Subsequently, the productive activities which give rise to these processes, as well as their effects on the environment, are examined.

Palavras-chave : soil erosion; desertification; extensive stock raising; aquiferous resources overexploitation; salinization; overuse of pastureland; land clearing.