MODELING OF SOIL WATER EROSION IN OUED CHERRAT WATERSHED (MOROCCO) BY APPLYING THE UNIVERSEL SOIL LOSS EQUATION (USLE)
IN THE CURRENT STUDY, THE UNIVERSEL SOIL LOSS EQUATION (USLE) IS APPLIED TO MODELING THE SOIL WATER EROSION IN OUED CHERRAT WATERSHED LOCATED IN THE WEST OF MOROCCO. RAINFALL, TOPOGRAPHY, SOIL PROPERTIES, THE CONDITIONS OF CROP MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION PRACTICES. MANY DATA, FROM VARIOUS SOURCES W...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Research and science today 2022-11, Vol.24 (2), p.203-222 |
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Zusammenfassung: | IN THE CURRENT STUDY, THE UNIVERSEL SOIL LOSS EQUATION (USLE) IS APPLIED TO MODELING THE SOIL WATER EROSION IN OUED CHERRAT WATERSHED LOCATED IN THE WEST OF MOROCCO. RAINFALL, TOPOGRAPHY, SOIL PROPERTIES, THE CONDITIONS OF CROP MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION PRACTICES. MANY DATA, FROM VARIOUS SOURCES WAS USED THROUGH THE SPATIAL TOOLS, GIS (GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS) AND REMOTE SENSING, TO ASSESS THE RISK OF WATER EROSION. THE RESULTS SHOW THAT 65.7% OF THE STUDY AREA HAS A VERY LOW RISK OF EROSION, 7.7% LOW RISK, 9.9% MEDIUM RISK, 5.4% HIGH RISK AND 11.3% A VERY HIGH RISK. |
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ISSN: | 2247-4455 2285-9632 |
DOI: | 10.38173/RST.2022.24.2.15:203-222 |