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  Using Soil Erosion Modeling for Improved Conservation Planning: 
A GIS-based Tutorial

Modeling erosion at multiple scales: tasks, data, processes and models

Tasks

Regional/installation
~1000 sq km
Assessment of averaged pattern of erosion risk

 

identification of high risk subwatersheds

 

 Landscape/training area
~100 sq km
Identification of hot spots
Location of depositional (left) and major concentrated flow (right) areas

planning location of conservation measures

 

Field/small watershed
~1-10 sq km,
detailed erosion and deposition pattern and effects of conservation measures
detailed impact of erosion on roads

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