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Extension and validation of a geographic information system-based method for calculating the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation length-slope factor for erosion risk assessments in large watersheds

M.F. Winchell, S.H. Jackson, A.M. Wadley and R. Srinivasan
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation May 2008, 63 (3) 105-111; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.63.3.105
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Journal of Soil and Water Conservation May 2008, 63 (3) 105-111; DOI: 10.2489/jswc.63.3.105
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