Actions, materials, or practices designed to prevent or reduce erosion of soil or landscapes.
From anti- (against) + erosion, from Latin erodere (to eat away), from e- (away) + rodere (to gnaw). The compound emerged in environmental and agricultural contexts in the 20th century.
Antierosion barriers like mangrove forests can save entire communities—in Bangladesh, mangroves protect against cyclones AND prevent soil loss, so they're doing double duty as nature's engineering solution.
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