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

 

Court Creek Pilot Watershed -
Topographic Analysis and Erosion Modeling

Sub-watersheds with high erosion risk in headwater areas

 


Location of High Risk Erosion Area in Court Creek Watershed

 

Existing Land Use

 


Erosion Risk Estimated by Modified USLE

 

Net erosion/deposition estimated by USPED with the exponent p=1.6 (typical for prevailing rill erosion)

 

Net erosion/deposition estimated by USPED with the exponent p=1.0 (prevailing sheet erosion)

 

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