Soil erosion is a serious worldwide environmental problem that stems from a combination of several factors such as agricultural intensification, deforestation, increasing population, and rainstorms. This phenomenon produces a soil fertility decline, removes soil rich in nutrients and increases natural level of sedimentation in the rivers and reservoirs reducing their storage capacity as well as...

Erosion potential was estimated for road approaches during 4 phases of a timber harvesting scheduled for 23 stream crossings in the Virginia Piedmont. The objectives of this study were to: (1) examine four different types of stream crossing structures (steel bridges, pole bridges, standard culverts, and reenforced fords) in order to determine if the type of stream crossing affects erosion poten...

This work describes a genetic programming (GP) approach that creates vegetation indices (VI’s) to automatically detect the sum of healthy, dry, and dead vegetation. Nowadays, it is acknowledged that VI’s are the most popular method for extracting vegetation information from satellite imagery. In particular, erosion models like the “Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation” (RUSLE) can use VI’s as i...

In many watersheds, water quality is degraded by nutrients and sediment from row crop agriculture. The continued development of watershed process models on one hand and optimization tools on the other hand places today's decision-makers in a position where the problems of cost-effective assignment of conservation activities can be solved for a variety of landscapes and environmental objectives....

Soil erosion is a most severe environmental problem in hilly area. The study carried out on Upper Bagmati River basin, North of Kathmandu valley having an area 61 Sq.km. (approx). Universal Loss Equation (USLE) model, with Geographic Information System (GIS) has been used to quantify the soil loss. Erosion modelling requires huge amount information and data, usually coming from different source...

Land use and management practices (LUMPs) play a critical role in regulating soil loss. The cover-management factor (C-factor) Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE)-type models is an important parameter for quantifying the effects of LUMPs on erosion. However, accurately determining C-factor, particularly large-scale assessments using USLE-type models, remains challenging. This study aims to addr...

The land problem that commonly occurs in Ranu Pani Watershed is erosion. an area located the mountains with very high soil Therefore, it necessary to conduct good management upstream and downstream areas. first step before carrying out analyze occurrence of erosion Watershed. purpose this research was predict potential distribution spatial data.. results showed erosivity value 961.44 heavy clas...

In this research, the impact of a carbon sequestration project, in the Hossein Abad Plain in Southern Khorasan Province of Iran, on the status of water and wind erosion was evaluated. The study area has a harsh climatic condition with low annual precipitation and is prone to well-known 120-day winds in summer. Since 2005, various soil conservation treatments (plantations, over-sowing, plantatio...