Assessment of soil erosion hazard and prioritization for treatment at the watershed level: case study in the Chemoga watershed, Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia

W Bewket, E Teferi - Land degradation & development, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Soil erosion by water is the most pressing environmental problem in Ethiopia, particularly in
the Highlands where the topography is highly rugged, population pressure is high …

Soil conservation planning at the small watershed level using RUSLE with GIS: a case study in the Three Gorge Area of China

ZH Shi, CF Cai, SW Ding, TW Wang, TL Chow - Catena, 2004 - Elsevier
The Three Gorge Project (TGP) of China necessitates the resettlement of over 1 million
population (mostly farmers) to more rugged and isolated areas than their original …

Error in a USGS 30-meter digital elevation model and its impact on terrain modeling

KW Holmes, OA Chadwick, PC Kyriakidis - Journal of Hydrology, 2000 - Elsevier
Calculations based on US Geological Survey (USGS) digital elevation models (DEMs)
inherit any errors associated with that particular representation of topography. We …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in quantifying soil organic carbon under different land uses in Ethiopia: a review and synthesis

CC Okolo, G Gebresamuel, AN Retta, A Zenebe… - Bulletin of the National …, 2019 - Springer
Background In the face of climate change and global warming, scientists globally are striving
for effective techniques on how best to sequester carbon in order to reduce global warming …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial modeling of soil erosion risk and its implication for conservation planning: the case of the Gobele Watershed, East Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia

GW Woldemariam, AD Iguala, S Tekalign, RU Reddy - Land, 2018 - mdpi.com
Soil erosion by water has accelerated over recent decades due to non-sustainable land use
practices resulting in substantial land degradation processes. Spatially explicit information …

[PDF][PDF] Estimating soil loss rates for soil conservation planning in the Borena Woreda of South Wollo Highlands, Ethiopia

A Shiferaw - Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa, 2011 - jsd-africa.com
The rate of soil erosion is severe in the highlands of Ethiopia. Soil conservation is critically
required in these areas to tackle soil erosion. The objective of this study was to estimate soil …

Assessment of soil erosion hazard in Kilie catchment, East Shoa, Ethiopia

GW Haile, M Fetene - Land Degradation & Development, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reports on a field study conducted in Kilie catchment, East Shoa Zone, Ethiopia to
assess the rate of soil erosion by employing a soil loss prediction model (Universal Soil Loss …

Spatial based compromise programming for multiple criteria decision making in land use planning

S Baja, DM Chapman, D Dragovich - Environmental Modeling & …, 2007 - Springer
Today, competing land use is continuing to occur in many developed regions. In the
Agricultural Development Zone of Western Sydney Region, which is characterised by …

Using empirical erosion models and GIS to determine erosion risk at Camp Williams, Utah

KP Bartsch, H Van Miegroet, J Boettinger… - Journal of soil and …, 2002 - jswconline.org
Soil erosion was assessed at Camp Williams Army National Guard Training Facility by
creating an erosion risk classification map. The map was created by applying empirical …

Mapping wind‐blown mass transport by modeling variability in space and time

G Sterk, A Stein - Soil Science Society of America Journal, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Field observations of wind‐blown particle transport are often characterized by a
considerable spatial variation, which makes quantitative modeling of wind erosion difficult …