KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -Overgrazing represents an environmental hazard whereby wildlife or livestock excessively feeds on pasture. It is also the practice of grazing livestock on vegetation before it has recovered from a former grazing state, also known as intensive grazing.

Detailed explanation-2: -Overgrazing refers to the over eating of the grass by various herbivore animals in the fields exposing the top layer of the soil. It is one of the causes of soil erosion and not a prevention.

Detailed explanation-3: -The end result of overgrazing is that the perennial grass plant dies. Overstocking on the other hand happens during the dormant season where more animals are kept than what the available fodder sources allow for.

Detailed explanation-4: -Overgrazing leads to soil compaction, decreased water retention, increased salinity, and loss of some nutrients, particularly nitrogen. Our results also suggest a strong influence of overgrazing and its associated changes in vegetation condition on the soil ability to buffer water stress during the dry season.