Evaluation of the universal soil loss equation (USLE) in semi-arid and sub-humid climates of India

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 217-225

  Ali, Shakir ^a   Sharda, Vishwa N ^a  

^a ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (India)

Author keywords

India; Semi arid; Soil erosion; Soil loss; Sub humid; USLE

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

INDIA; SEMI-ARID; SOIL LOSS; SUB-HUMID; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

EROSION;

EID: 17844390693     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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