The Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) is the most widely used and misused prediction
equation in the world. Although it was designed to predict long-term average annual soil …

Sedimentation is an important parameter to assess the life of a reservoir. Seventy-eight
years ago, Cook was the first to identify mathematically, the three major factors affecting soil …

Gully erosion susceptibility mapping is a fundamental tool for land-use planning aimed at
mitigating land degradation. However, the capabilities of some state-of-the-art data-mining …

Soil erosion in terrestrial ecosystems, as an important global environmental problem,
significantly impacts on environmental quality and social economy. By protecting soil from …

Slope gradient and land use change are known to influence soil quality and the assessment
of soil quality is important in determining sustainable land-use and soil-management …

Soil quality evaluation is a tool to improve soil management and land use system. A large
number of different physical, chemical and biological properties of soil, known as soil quality …

Background Soil erosion and nutrient depletion threaten food security and the sustainability
of agricultural production in sub-Saharan Africa. Estimating soil loss and identifying hotspot …

The overarching goal of this research was to provide sound strategies to further the
development of rapeseed farming and to increase the sustainability and productivity of …

In the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE), erodibility accounts for the influence
of soil properties on soil loss during storm events in upland areas, which is represented by …

Abstract Soil Visible–Near-Infrared (Vis-NIR) spectroscopy has become an applicable and
interesting technique to evaluate a number of soil properties because it is a fast, cost …