Determination of soil erosion risk in the mustafakemalpasa river basin, Turkey, using the revised universal soil loss equation, geographic information system, and remote sensing

Environmental Management

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 679-694

  Ozsoy, Gokhan ^a   Aksoy, Ertugrul ^a   Dirim, M Sabri ^a   Tumsavas, Zeynal ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Mustafakemalpasa river basin; Remote sensing; Revised universal soil loss equation; Soil erosion modeling; Soil loss

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER IMAGES; EROSION MODELS; GEOLOGICAL MAP; K FACTOR; LAND COVER; LANDSAT 7; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; RAINFALL EROSIVITY; RAMSAR SITE; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS; RIVER BASINS; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL EROSION MODELING; SOIL EROSION RISK; SOIL LOSS; SOIL MAPS; STEEP SLOPE; STREAM GAUGING; SUBBASINS;

EROSION; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; RISK PERCEPTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

RAIN;

EQUATION; GIS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION; RELIABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATERSHED;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAIN; RISK; RIVERS; SOIL; SPACECRAFT; TURKEY;

BURSA [TURKEY]; MUSTAFAKEMALPASA; TURKEY;

EID: 84866559271     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9904-8     Document Type: Article

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