Assessing water erosion in small watersheds using WEPP with GIS and digital elevation models

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 678-685

  Cochrane, Thomas A ^a   Flanagan, Dennis C ^a  

^a NATIONAL SOIL EROSION RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

DEM; Flowpaths; Geographic Information System; Hydrology; Modeling; Runoff; Sediment; Soil erosion; Water Erosion Prediction Project

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; HILLSLOPE; WATER EROSION; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES;

ILEX;

EID: 0033512391     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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