Soil erosion assessment in a hilly catchment of North Eastern India using USLE, GIS and remote sensing

Water Resources Management

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1783-1798

  Dabral, P P ^a   Baithuri, Neelakshi ^a   Pandey, Ashish ^b  

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

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

GIS; Hilly catchment; RS; Soil erosion assessment; USLE

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CROPS; EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSULATING MATERIALS; LANDFORMS; RAPID SOLIDIFICATION; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; SPACE OPTICS; WATERSHEDS;

GIS; HILLY CATCHMENT; RS; SOIL EROSION ASSESSMENT; USLE;

RIVERS;

ARC-INFO; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; ERODIBILITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; RAINFALL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARUNACHAL PRADESH; ASIA; DIKRONG BASIN; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 55549116024     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-008-9253-9     Document Type: Article

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