Mechanical soil conservation with contour ridges: Cure for, or cause of, rill erosion?

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-160

  Hagmann, Jürgen ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation tillage; Contour ridges; Erosion damage mapping; Land degradation; Land husbandry; Rill erosion; Sheet erosion; Soil and water conservation; Soil erosion; Tied ridging; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CULTIVATION; EROSION; LAND USE; WATER CONSERVATION;

CATCHMENT AREA; CONTOUR RIDGES; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND HUSBANDRY; RILL EROSION; SHEET EROSION; TIED RIDGING; ZIMBABWE;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CONTOUR RIDGE; HUSBANDRY; LAND DEGRADATION; RILL EROSION; SOIL EROSION; WATER CONSERVATION;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030160802     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-145X(199606)7:2<145::AID-LDR224>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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