Soil loss estimation and prioritization of sub-watersheds of Kali River basin, Karnataka, India, using RUSLE and GIS

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Markose, Vipin Joseph ^a   Jayappa, K S ^a  

^a MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Deforestation; GIS; RUSLE; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DEFORESTATION; EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION; RAPID URBANIZATIONS; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS; RUSLE; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLANS;

SOILS;

RAIN; SOIL;

DEFORESTATION; ERODIBILITY; EROSIVITY; GIS; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CROP MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INDIA; RIVER BASIN; SOIL EROSION; TOPOGRAPHY; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PROCEDURES; RISK; RIVER; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

INDIA; KALI RIVER; KARNATAKA;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; INDIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK; RIVERS; SOIL; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84963861027     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-016-5218-2     Document Type: Article

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