Identification of critical erosion prone areas in the small agricultural watershed using USLE, GIS and remote sensing

Water Resources Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 729-746

  Pandey, Ashish ^a   Chowdary, V M ^b   Mal, B C ^b  

^a NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Erosion; GIS; Prioritization; RS; USLE; Watershed

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENT YIELD; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION (USLE);

WATERSHEDS;

EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; EROSION; GIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENT YIELD; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JHARKHAND; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33847101831     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-006-9061-z     Document Type: Article

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