ABSTRACT The Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) is the most widely used
global soil erosion model. The poor performance of the RUSLE is solely dependent on the …

Water erosion is a major threat to biodiversity, according to the European Commission's Soil
Thematic Strategy, as it negatively affects soil structure, soil fertility and water availability for …

The Cantareira System is one of the largest water supply systems in the world, supplying
about half of the water consumed by 22 million inhabitants in the Metropolitan Region of São …

During the last decades, the demographic trajectory and the associated urban development
have increased the demand for urban and peri-urban green space. Peri-urban forests …

Soil erosion is expected to increase in the future due to climate change. Soil erosion models
are useful tools that can be used by decision makers and other stakeholders to deal with soil …

The port of Tangier Med is essential due to its strategic location, as it is an important trading
center linking Europe, North America, and Africa. However, the increased rates of …

Soil is a non-renewable resource essential for life existence. During the last decades it has
been threatened by accelerating erosion with negative consequences for the environment …

Soils in the coastal region of Syria (CRoS) are one of the most fragile components of natural
ecosystems. However, they are adversely affected by water erosion processes after extreme …

As sediment measurements are laborious and costly, alternative techniques are required to
provide such information from more easily measured variables. Thus, the objective of this …

A quantitative assessment of the riverine freshwater, suspended and dissolved sediment
loads is provided for the watersheds of the four primary (Western Mediterranean-WMED …