A GIS procedure for automatically calculating the USLE LS factor on topographically complex landscape units

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 427-433

  Desmet, P J J ^a   Govers, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Complex topography; Computer program; GIS; USLE

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000382819     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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