Critical Area Identification of Potential Soil Loss in a Typical Watershed of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region

Water Resources Management

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3445-3463

  Chen, Liangang ^a,b   Qian, Xin ^a   Shi, Yong ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Critical area; Potential soil loss; Risk assessment; RUSLE; SDR

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ASSESSMENT MODELS; CRITICAL AREA; DEVELOPED MODEL; POTENTIAL SOIL LOSS; PRECIPITATION DATA; PRIORITIZATION; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS; RISK VALUE; RIVER BASINS; RIVER CHANNELS; RUNOFF EROSIVITY; RUSLE; SDR; SEDIMENT DELIVERY; SEDIMENT DELIVERY RATIO; SEDIMENT DISCHARGE; SLOPE STEEPNESS; SOIL DATA; SOIL ERODIBILITY; SOIL LOSS; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; SUB-CRITICAL; THREE GORGES DAM; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR REGION; TWO PARAMETER; VEGETATION COVER; WATERSHED AREAS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); LANDFORMS; RATING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER CONTROL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; GIS; LAND USE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SOFTWARE; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED;

CHINA; HUBEI; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR; XIANGXI RIVER;

EID: 80053460904     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-011-9864-4     Document Type: Article

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