Spatial prediction of soil erosion risk by remote sensing, GIS and RUSLE approach: A case study of Siruvani river watershed in Attapady valley, Kerala, India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 965-972

  Prasannakumar, V ^a   Shiny, R ^a   Geetha, N ^a   Vijith, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Attapady; Erodability; Erosivity; RUSLE; Siruvani; Slope length

Indexed keywords

ATTAPADY; ERODABILITY; EROSIVITY; RUSLE; SIRUVANI; SLOPE LENGTH;

AGRICULTURE; EROSION; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

DATA SET; ERODIBILITY; EROSION RATE; EROSIVITY; GIS; MAPPING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PIXEL; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SLOPE ANGLE; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; VALLEY; WATERSHED;

INDIA; KERALA; SIRUVANI BASIN; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 80053131911     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-0913-3     Document Type: Article

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