Impact of conservation agriculture on catchment runoff and soil loss under changing climate conditions in May Zeg-zeg (Ethiopia)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 475, Issue , 2012, Pages 336-349

  Lanckriet, Sil ^a   Araya, Tesfay ^a,b   Cornelis, Wim ^a   Verfaillie, Els ^a   Poesen, Jean ^c   Govaerts, Bram ^d   Bauer, Hans ^c   Deckers, Jozef ^c   Haile, Mitiku ^b   Nyssen, Jan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Curve Number; Infiltration; Organic carbon; Permanent bed; Ponding; Water conservation

Indexed keywords

CHANGING CLIMATE; CONSERVATION AGRICULTURES; CURVE NUMBERS; ETHIOPIA; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INFILTRATION RATE; LOCAL TOPOGRAPHY; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTIONS; PERMANENT BED; POLICY SCENARIO; RAINY SEASONS; REGRESSION MAPPING; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS; RILL EROSION; RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS; RUNOFF DEPTH; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; SOIL LOSS; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON CONTENT; SOIL TEXTURES; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION; STUDY AREAS; WATER PONDING;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRONOMY; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; FARMS; FORECASTING; INFILTRATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PONDING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INFILTRATION; INTERRILL EROSION; ORGANIC CARBON; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; POND; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SHEET EROSION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; WATER STORAGE;

ETHIOPIA; ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS;

EID: 84870236203     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.10.011     Document Type: Article

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