In the southeast in Norrköping, Sweden, is a small fjord-like bay called Slätbaken. The water quality in Slätbaken—with its narrow outlet to the Baltic Sea—depends highly on the water quality of the streams that flow in it. While point pollution sources can be identified easily in general, the non-point sources are harder to find. The most important sources for non-point pollution are agricultu...

Land use and management practices (LUMPs) play a critical role in regulating soil loss. The cover-management factor (C-factor) Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE)-type models is an important parameter for quantifying the effects of LUMPs on erosion. However, accurately determining C-factor, particularly large-scale assessments using USLE-type models, remains challenging. This study aims to addr...

ABSTRACT: Sugarcane covers 10.6 Mha of Brazilian agricultural land (13 % all cropland), mainly in the south-central region. In tropical climate conditions, physiological characteristics sugarcane allow a wide range management systems with contrasting soil erosion outcomes. Models can assess these differences and Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) based models are most frequently used. The cove...