TY - JOUR T1 - Verification of the slope factor in the universal soil loss equation for low slopes JF - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation SP - 300 LP - 302 VL - 36 IS - 5 AU - C. E. Murphree AU - C. K. Mutchler Y1 - 1981/09/01 UR - http://www.jswconline.org/content/36/5/300.abstract N2 - Soil loss data was collected under simulated rainfall conditions on plots with slopes of 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 percent. The flatter the slope, the greater the discrepancy between measured soil loss and that predicted by the universal soil loss equation (USLE). This discrepancy presumably was due to the greater surface water depths on the flatter slopes. It should be represented by a correction in the effect of the R-factor in the USLE. This would permit use of the present slope relationships for slopes both less than and greater than 3 percent. ER -