Contoured fields of corn and alfalfa hay grasses on farmland to help prevent soil erosion, on farm outside Monroe, Wisconsin, USA

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Contour cultivation (contour farming, contour plowing, or contour bunding) is a sustainable way of farming where farmers plant crops across or perpendicular to slopes to follow the contours of a slope of a field. This arrangement of plants breaks up the flow of water and makes it harder for soil erosion to occur. (World Atlas)

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Location: Monroe, Wisconsin, USA
Photo credit: © John D. Ivanko / Alamy / Afripics
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