Evaluation of WEPP versus EGEM and empirical model efficiencies in predicting ephemeral gully erosion around Mubi area, Northeast Nigeria

Gully Erosion after Wildfire

Predicting runoff and erosion from watersheds burned by wildfires requires an understanding of the spatial structure of both hillslope and channel drainage networks. We investigate the small-scale and large-scale structures of drainage networks using field studies and computer analysis of 30-m digital elevation model. Topologic variables were derived from a composite 30-m DEM, which included 14...

Evaluation and optimization of REGEM model to estimate the gully erosion distribution in three watershed of Ardabil province

Extended Abstract Introduction: Gully erosion is the most severe type of water erosion, which causes large damage in the watersheds. To determine the risk of this type of erosion, it is necessary to estimate its severity and specify the distribution of the risk of erosion in the watershed. One of the models used to estimate the gully erosion is REGEM model, but accurate estimation of erosion r...

Gully Erosion in Southeastern Nigeria: Role of Soil Properties and Environmental Factors

Wepp Internet Interfaces for Forest Erosion Prediction1

The Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) is a physically based erosion model for applications to dryland and irrigated agriculture, rangeland, and forests. U.S. Forest Service (USFS) experience showed that WEPP was not being adapted because of the difficulty in building files describing the input conditions in the existing interfaces. To address this difficulty, a suite of Internet interface...

Performance Evaluation of GARP Model in Forecasting the Probability of Gully Erosion Occurrence in Abgendi Basin, Kohgiluye & Boyerahmad Province

The present study has evaluated the efficiency of GARP model in forecasting the probability of gully erosion occurrence in Abgendi basin, Kohgiluye & Boyerahmad province. After field visits, 81 gullies were recorded by GPS and surveying camera, then the map of gully erosion distribution was prepared in ArcGIS environment. Variables of elevation, slope, slope direction, distance to road, distanc...