Estimating soil erosion risk and evaluating erosion control measures for soil conservation planning at Koga watershed in the highlands of Ethiopia

Solid Earth

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 13-25

  Molla, Tegegne ^a   Sisheber, Biniam ^a  

^a BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; EROSION; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MAPS; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION PRACTICES; CONSERVATION STRATEGIES; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; EROSION CONTROL; EROSION RATE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; WATERSHED;

BLUE NILE BASIN; ETHIOPIA; KOGA BASIN; NILE BASIN;

EID: 85009083381     PISSN: 18699510     EISSN: 18699529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/se-8-13-2017     Document Type: Article

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