A cikin ilimin ƙasa da aikin gona, dunƙulewar ƙasa yawanci haɗuwa ce ta dunƙulewar injiniya da ƙarfafawa, don haka yana iya faruwa saboda rashin ruwa a cikin ƙasa, matsin lamba da aka yi amfani da shi shine tsotsa na ciki saboda ƙafewar ruwa da kuma saboda wucewar ƙafafun dabbobi. Ƙasashen da abin ya shafa sun zama ba su iya ɗaukar ruwan sama, don haka ƙara yawan gudana da lalatawa. Shuke-shuke suna da wahala a cikin ƙasa mai dunƙulewa saboda ƙwayoyin ma'adinai suna matsewa tare, suna barin ɗan sarari don iska da ruwa, waɗanda suke da mahimmanci ga ci gaban tushen. Dabbobi masu ɓoyewa kuma suna ganin ya zama yanayi mai ƙyama, saboda ƙasa mai ƙarancin ƙasa yana da wahalar shiga. Ikon ƙasa don murmurewa daga wannan nau'in dunƙulewar ƙasa ya dogara da yanayi, ma'adinai da fauna. Ƙasa mai ƙarancin ƙarfi mai ƙwanƙwasawa, kamar dunƙulewar ƙasa, ba za ta iya murmurewa da sauri daga ƙarancin ruwa ba inda yanayin ruwa yake canzawa (kamar bushewar ƙasa ce,
karuwar kwararar ruwa da lalatawa