Three different approaches using geographical information systems (GIs) and digital elevation models (DEMs) are described and evaluated for applying the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) model to assess water erosion in small watersheds. The first approach describes a typical application of the watershed version of WEPP using GIs only as an aidfor construction of required input files. The...

Land clearing for cropping and grazing has increased runoff sediment yield in Central Queensland. The Brigalow Catchment Study (BCS), was established to determine the effect of land on water balance, soils, productivity, consisted three catchments: brigalow forest, cropping, grazing. Factors responsible changes models predicting have not been assessed. Objectives this study are identify climati...

Soil erosion and sedimentation processes can be considered as serious eco-environmentalproblems. This study aimed to estimate the basin-wide erosion using the Revised UniversalSoil Loss Equation (RUSLE). The soil erosion parameters included rainfall erosivity mapgenerated from the rainfall data, soil erodibility extracted from the soil map, land cover andmanagement map produced from supervised ...

risk assessment of soil erosion, one of the most important land degradation problems worldwide, is very essential for land and water resources management, and development of soil conservation methods. in the present study, the temporal changes of soil erosion risk were assessed from 1987 to 2010, based on the revised universal soil loss equation (rusle) using remote sensing (rs) and geographic ...

Quantitative information on soil loss is relevant for devising conservation and crop management strategies to ensure sustainable fertility production. Estimations from runoff/erosion plots are expensive laborious thus requiring the exploration of other less but reliable methods such as modeling. This study aimed estimate current future rates planning toward production in semi-deciduous forest z...

Soil erosion is a globally challenging issue that hinders agricultural productivity by enhancing land degradation and loss to the top fertile soil. Although it global issue, its effect adverse on farmers dwell in developing countries. Hence, providing information soil crucial plan implement appropriate water conservation measures. Accordingly, estimation models were developed grouped as empiric...

The revised universal soil loss equation (RUSLE), the sediment delivery distributed (SEDD) model, and ArcView GIS were used to estimate the impacts of no-till practice on soil erosion and sediment yield in Pataha Creek Watershed, a typical dryland agricultural watershed in southeastern Washington. The results showed that the average cell soil loss decreased from 11.09 to 3.10 t/ha yr for the wh...