A comparison between soil loss evaluation index and the C-factor of RUSLE: A case study in the Loess Plateau of China

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2739-2748

  Zhao, W W ^a   Fu, B J ^b   Chen, L D ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATED LANDS; DRAINAGE NETWORKS; EROSIVITY; EVALUATION INDEX; FOREST LAND; GIS LAYERS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; LAND USE AND LAND COVER; LAND USE PATTERN; LAND USE TYPE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LOESS PLATEAU; LOW AREA; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MULTISCALES; RAINFALL RUNOFF; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS; SLOPE STEEPNESS; SMALL WATERSHEDS; SOIL ERODIBILITY; SOIL EROSION; SOIL LOSS; SOIL-EROSION MODEL; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STEEPER SLOPES; SUBWATERSHEDS;

DRAINAGE; EROSION; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

DRAINAGE NETWORK; ERODIBILITY; EROSIVITY; GIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LOESS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; OPTIMIZATION; PLATEAU; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SLOPE ANGLE; SOIL COVER; SOIL EROSION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; WATERSHED;

EROSION; GIS; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; SOIL; WATER SHEDS;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; SHAANXI; YANHE BASIN;

EID: 84865234056     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-2739-2012     Document Type: Article

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