Spatial and temporal estimation of soil loss for the sustainable management of a wet semi-arid watershed cluster

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1-16

  Rejani, R ^a   Rao, K V ^a   Osman, M ^a   Srinivasa Rao, Ch ^a   Reddy, K Sammi ^a   Chary, G R ^a   Pushpanjali, ^a   Samuel, Josily ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DRYLAND AGRICULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

Erosivity; GIS; NDVI; RUSLE; Seethagondi cluster; Soil erosion; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CATCHMENTS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DROUGHT; EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; RAIN; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; SOLVENTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

EROSIVITY; NDVI; RUSLE; SEETHAGONDI CLUSTER; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

WATER CONSERVATION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EROSIVITY; GIS; MANAGEMENT; NDVI; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; SOIL EROSION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; WATERSHED;

AGRONOMIC TRAIT; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROPLAND; CROPPING SYSTEM; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FALLOW; HARVESTING; HORTICULTURE; INDIA; LAND USE; PLOWING; POND; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TILLAGE; WATERSHED; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; SEASON; SOIL; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

ADILABAD; INDIA; TELANGANA;

APHRODITA;

SOIL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DROUGHTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; INDIA; SEASONS; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84957586442     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-016-5143-4     Document Type: Article

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