water erosion is a major environmental problem in many parts of the world. majority of semi-arid countries are concerned because of their specific climate and soils sensitivity, but also because of the recent intensification of human activities and agricultural practices. accurate estimation of water erosion for various land-use and climate scenarios is so an important key to define sustainable...

Highlights Very fine sand is the single most important variable for predicting rill and interrill erodibility values. Slope steepness property critical shear erosion. Erodibility prediction equations with best goodness-of-fits have both soil texture mineralogy terms. Equations to predict from texture, organic carbon, cation excha...

This paper presents a case study in assessment of erosion hotspots in an Andean watershed. To do this, we made use of an interface called Geospatial Modelling of Soil Erosion (GEMSE): a tool that integrates Geographical Information Systems (GIS) with the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) model. Its advantages are: (i) it is independent of any special GIS software used to create maps and t...

ABSTRACT. Current challenges in soil erosion research have created demand for integrated, flexible, and easily parameterized sediment transport models. Most of the existing monolithic erosion models (e.g., WEPP and WEPS) are not modular, thus modifications require considerable time, effort, and expense. In this paper, the feasibility and challenges of using the Object Modeling System (OMS) for ...

After wildfires, land managers must assess the potential for increased flooding, erosion, and sedimentation, and the increased threat these effects may pose to people, structures, and valued resources. A Web-based Erosion Risk Management Tool (ERMiT) has been developed to predict surface erosion from postfire hillslopes, and to evaluate the potential effectiveness of various erosion mitigation ...

Storm events and soil erosion can adversely impact flood control, conservation, water quality, the recreation economy, ecosystem biodiversity in urban systems. Urban Low Impact Development practices (LIDs) manage stormwater runoff, control losses, improve quality. The Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) model has been widely applied to assess responses of hydrology losses conservation agric...