Bamboo regulates the levels of rivers and streams and needs little watering to grow. In fact, bamboo stores water in its trunk in its various compartments. Bamboo is also great for preventing soil degradation. Not only to reduce landslides and erosion, but bamboo can also grow on soil that contains metals. This is where Moso bamboo is pre-eminent. Moso can grow in areas where there is a lot of soil pollution. The purifying effect of the bamboo roots will then eventually restore the soil.