Catchment scale analysis of the effect of topography, tillage direction and unpaved roads on ephemeral gully incision

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1970-1984

  Svoray, Tal ^a   Markovitch, Hila ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ephemeral gullies; GIS; Gully initiation; Soil erosion; Topographic threshold

Indexed keywords

EPHEMERAL GULLIES; GIS; GULLY INITIATION; SOIL EROSION; TOPOGRAPHIC THRESHOLD;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; ROADS AND STREETS; RUNOFF; SOILS;

EROSION;

CATCHMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; GULLY EROSION; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TILLAGE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 70350521230     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1873     Document Type: Article

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