Assessment of soil erosion extent using RUSLE model integrated with GIS and RS: the case of Megech-Dirma watershed, Northwest Ethiopia

Autor:	Worku, Habtu, K S, Jayappa
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Soil Geographic Information Systems Ethiopia Environmental Monitoring Soil Erosion
Zdroj:	Environmental monitoring and assessment. 194(4)
ISSN:	1573-2959
Popis:	Soil erosion valuation at a spatial scale is crucial for assessing natural resource quality in a farming country like Ethiopia. The study's goal was to determine the rate of soil erosion in the Megech-Dirma catchment in Northwest Ethiopia using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation model aggregation with Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing. Sediment yield and transport were also estimated using sediment delivery ratio. Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation model data inputs included precipitation data for the R value, soil data for the K value, land cover data from satellite images for the C and P value, and topographical data from a Digital Elevation Model for the LS component. It was completed using the ArcGIS 10.4 software. The mean annual soil loss is 110.60 t ha
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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