Water storage pit irrigation method is a new method used suitably in orchard irrigation in arid or semi-arid area. The use of this method not only can make roots deeper to have the capacity of drought resistance, but also can storage rain water and reduce soil erosion. However, its theory must be studied further. The varying head infiltration in single storage pit of homogeneous soil was tested...

Wind erosion of soil is an appreciable but unstudied event following fires in cold desert. We examined aeolian transport of sediment for 1 year following fire in semi-arid shrub steppe on loess soils in southern Idaho, USA. Sediment collectors were used to determine horizontal mass transport of soil and saltation sensors and anemometers were used to determine saltation activity (fraction of tim...

soil erosion in a given area depends on natural characteristics of the place as well as the rate of  human impact. in iran, the mediterranean precipitation regime and relatively high erosivity of rain, wide area of erodible soils/lithological formations, sparse natural vegetation in many regions and mountainous topography are main natural factors that affect soil erosion by water. accelerated s...

soil genesis and evolution studies are based on well understanding of geochemical processes involved in pedogenic processes and formation of soil. parent materials are main factors controlling soil properties in arid and semiarid regions. in this study, physicochemical and geochemical properties of 6 selected soil profiles developed on basalt rocks along arid (eshtehard), semiarid (qazvin) and ...

One of the reasons for decline in agricultural land is soil degradation processes. The main negative processes occurring soils and leading to their are erosion (water wind) a decrease humus content soil. A significant spread developing as result action natural anthropogenic factors leads critical fertility. washout upper fertile layer formation large gullies due improper treatment results erosi...

Soil conservation practices have been widely implemented on the Loess Plateau to reduce severe soil erosion in north-central China over the past three decades. However, the hydrologic impacts of these practices are not well documented and understood. The objective of this study was to examine how water yield has changed after implementing soil conservation practices that resulted in changes in ...

Estimation of wind erosion rates of Mongolian Plateau by using 137Cs tracing technique. Wind erosion is one of the major environmental problems in semi-arid and arid regions. Here we established a transect from northwest (Tariat, Mongolia) to southeast (Xilingol, Inner Mongolia of China) across the Mongolian Plateau, and selected eight sampling sites along the transect. We then estimated the so...

Investigations were conducted on both the annual patterns of earthworm casting activity and Ž . the annual variations in soil and phosphorus P transfers by water runoff, under a temperate maize crop, to determine whether there is any time synchronism over the year between these processes that could increase risk of soil erosion. Cast dynamics were measured at 15-day intervals for 1 year. Phosph...

Soil erosion is one of the biggest global environmental problems. Finding new innovative systems to measure soil erosion more accurately is a priority. An effort is being carried out in this study to use automated electronics in order to systematically and accurately measure soil erosion. In addition, the frequent measurements taken will help collect a large amount of data on soil erosion. The ...

Soil erosion is a serious environmental problem in Kothagiri Taluk. Many studies have been carried out to map shifting cultivation and areas susceptible to soil erosion. Mostly, estimated soil loss is taken as the basis to classify the level of soil loss susceptibility of area. The Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) function is a commonly used erosion model for this purpose in Kothagi...