A pragmatic approach to modelling soil and water conservation measures with a catchment scale erosion model

Catena

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-126

  Hessel, Rudi ^a   Tenge, Albino ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RRC ARI Mlingano   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Kenya; LISEM; P factor; Soil and water conservation; Soil erosion modelling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; RUNOFF; SLOPE ANGLE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 45549095444     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2008.03.018     Document Type: Article

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