Assessment of soil erosion in cultivated fields using a survey methodology for rills in the Chemoga watershed, Ethiopia

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 97, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 81-93

  Bewket, Woldeamlak ^a   Sterk, Geert ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Erosion survey; Ethiopia; Rills; Soil conservation; Spatial and temporal variations

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; RILL; SOIL EROSION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVEYING;

CHEMOGA WATERSHED; ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0038308157     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(03)00127-0     Document Type: Article

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