Assessing the USLE crop and management factor C for soil erosion modeling in a large mountainous watershed in Central China

Journal of Earth Science

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 835-845

  Schönbrodt, Sarah ^a   Saumer, Patrick ^b   Behrens, Thorsten ^a   Seeber, Christoph ^c   Scholten, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

C factor; fractional vegetation cover; soil erosion modeling; Three Gorges Dam; Universal Soil Loss Equation; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; CONDITION FACTOR; EROSION CONTROL; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; VEGETATION COVER; WATERSHED;

CHINA; HUBEI; THREE GORGES DAM; XIANGXI RIVER; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 78649968092     PISSN: 1674487X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12583-010-0135-8     Document Type: Article

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