Runoff and sediment from orchard terraces in southeastern China

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 184-192

  Li, X H ^a   Yang, J ^b   Zhao, C Y ^a   Wang, B ^c  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b JIANGXI INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Control measures; Natural rainfall; PR China; Red sloping; Soil erosion; Surface runoff; Terraces

Indexed keywords

EROSION; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WATER RESOURCES;

CONTROL MEASURES; NATURAL RAINFALLS; PR CHINAS; RED SLOPING; SOIL EROSION; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TERRACES;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

EROSION CONTROL; ORCHARD; RAINFALL; RED SOIL; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; TERRACE;

CHINA;

EID: 84897962956     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1160     Document Type: Article

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