Post-fire Erosion

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Wildfire Knowledge Graph · Fire Ecology & Recovery

Working definition

Removal and transport of soil and sediment from burned land by rainfall, runoff, wind or gravity.

In plain language

Removal and transport of soil and sediment from burned land by rainfall, runoff, wind or gravity.

Why it matters

Post-fire Erosion is useful because it separates one specific part of wildfire behaviour, exposure, operations or evidence from nearby concepts that can otherwise be mixed together.

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Tecnobosque explanation reviewed 12 September 2026. Source definitions are authoritative within their stated jurisdiction; the explanatory text above is an independent technical synthesis.