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Assessment of land degradation due to soil erosion based on current land use/landcover pattern using RS and GIS techniques
Land degradation is a problem of grave concern and a major factor leading to it is soil erosion. Soil erosion and its rate are influenced by various...
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Prediction of land-use change and its driving forces in an ecological restoration watershed of the Loess hilly region
Land-use change is one of the important topics of regional ecological restoration research, but it exhibits high interdependencies in...
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Modeling cover management factor of RUSLE using very high-resolution satellite imagery in a semiarid watershed
Vegetation cover is regarded as one of the most important protection measures for controlling soil erosion caused by water. Numerous articles have...
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Assessment of soil erosion using RUSLE and GIS: a case study of the Yangou watershed in the Loess Plateau, China
Due to fragmentized terrain and physiognomy of typical loess landform, long-term anthropogenic influences, and inherent vulnerability, soil erosion...
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Effectiveness of soil conservation methods in preventing red soil erosion in Southern China
Rainfall, runoff (surface runoff and interflow) and soil loss were recorded from 2002 to 2005 in an experiment with four treatments on slo** red...
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Evaluation of rainfall erosivity and its temporal variation in the Yanhe River catchment of the Chinese Loess Plateau
The potential of rain to generate soil erosion is known as the rainfall erosivity ( R ), and its estimation is fundamental for a better understanding...
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Analysis of comprehensive benefits of transforming slope farmland to terraces on the Loess Plateau: A case study of the Yangou Watershed in Northern Shaanxi Province, China
De-farming slope farmland has been an effective measure in recent years to improve environment and prevent soil and water loss on the Loess Plateau....
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Monitoring land use change at a small watershed scale on the Loess Plateau, China: applications of landscape metrics, remote sensing and GIS
Rapid land use change has taken place in many arid and semi-arid regions of China including the Loess Plateau. In this study, changes in land use and...
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De-farming and ecological restoration in the loess hilly-gully region in northern China
De-farming has been a powerful measure taken by the central and local governments of China for ecological restoration in the loess hilly-gully region...
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Land cover changes based on plant successions: Deforestation, rehabilitation and degeneration of forest in the upper Dadu River watershed
To link regional land use/cover changes with environmental effects, land cover changes are required to reflect vegetation successions, whereas the...
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The effects of land uses on purplish soil erosion in hilly area of Sichuan Province, China
In order to evaluate the soil erosion rate for different land uses and make recommendations on land-use alternatives for erosion control in hilly and...