Use of USLE/GIS methodology for predicting soil loss in a semiarid agricultural watershed

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 153-161

  Erdogan, Emrah H ^a   Erpul, Günay ^a   Bayramin, Ilhami ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Flow accumulation; Soil erosion; USLE GIS methodology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHEDS;

FLOW ACCUMULATION; SOIL LOSS; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION (USLE);

SOILS;

RAIN;

ERODIBILITY; EROSIVITY; GIS; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SOIL EROSION; TOPOGRAPHY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOIL; TURKEY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ANATOLIA; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 34347379912     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9464-6     Document Type: Article

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