Measuring, modelling and managing gully erosion at large scales: A state of the art

M Vanmaercke, P Panagos, T Vanwalleghem… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil erosion is generally recognized as the dominant process of land degradation. The
formation and expansion of gullies is often a highly significant process of soil erosion …

A meta-analysis of soil erosion rates across the world

JM García-Ruiz, S Beguería, E Nadal-Romero… - Geomorphology, 2015 - Elsevier
Over the last century extraordinary efforts have been devoted to determining soil erosion
rates (in units of mass per area and time) under a large range of climatic conditions and land …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive assessment of soil erosion risk for better land use planning in river basins: Case study of the Upper Blue Nile River

N Haregeweyn, A Tsunekawa, J Poesen… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
In the drought-prone Upper Blue Nile River (UBNR) basin of Ethiopia, soil erosion by water
results in significant consequences that also affect downstream countries. However, there …

Predicting soil erosion and sediment yield at regional scales: where do we stand?

J De Vente, J Poesen, G Verstraeten, G Govers… - Earth-Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
Assessments of the implications of soil erosion require quantification of soil erosion rates
(SE) and sediment yield (SSY) at regional scales under present and future climate and land …

Tolerable versus actual soil erosion rates in Europe

FGA Verheijen, RJA Jones, RJ Rickson, CJ Smith - Earth-Science Reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
Erosion is a major threat to soil resources in Europe, and may impair their ability to deliver a
range of ecosystem goods and services. This is reflected by the European Commission's …

Soil erosion potential hotspot zone identification using machine learning and statistical approaches in eastern India

R Chakrabortty, SC Pal, M Sahana, A Mondal, J Dou… - Natural Hazards, 2020 - Springer
Land degradation is very severe in the subtropical monsoon-dominated region due to the
uncertainty of rainfall in the long term, and most of the rainfall occurs with high intensity and …

Ongoing and emerging questions in water erosion studies

JM García‐Ruiz, S Beguería… - Land Degradation & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Soil erosion is a threat to food security, especially in regions where the area of arable land is
shrinking dramatically because of soil degradation. Research on soil erosion expanded …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in assessment of soil erosion vulnerability in a watershed

S Pandey, P Kumar, M Zlatic, R Nautiyal… - International Soil and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil erosion is one of the most critical hazards adversely affecting both environment and
economy. Assessment of the annual soil erosion rate provides information on soil erosion …

Comparison of conceptual landscape metrics to define hillslope-scale sediment delivery ratio

O Vigiak, L Borselli, LTH Newham, J McInnes… - Geomorphology, 2012 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to evaluate four metrics to define the spatially variable
(regionalised) hillslope sediment delivery ratio (HSDR). A catchment model that accounted …

Comparison of soil erosion models used to study the Chinese Loess Plateau

P Li, X Mu, J Holden, Y Wu, B Irvine, F Wang… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Loess Plateau suffers from severe soil erosion that leads to a series of
ecological and economic problems such as reduced land productivity, exacerbated rural …