Estimation of soil erosion using RUSLE in a GIS framework: a case study in the Buyukcekmece Lake watershed, northwest Turkey
| العنوان: | Estimation of soil erosion using RUSLE in a GIS framework: a case study in the Buyukcekmece Lake watershed, northwest Turkey |
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| المؤلفون: | Ahmet Karaburun, Ali Demirci |
| المصدر: | Environmental Earth Sciences. 66:903-913 |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2011. |
| سنة النشر: | 2011 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Hydrology, Global and Planetary Change, Watershed, Soil Science, Geology, complex mixtures, Pollution, Universal Soil Loss Equation, Soil loss, Erosion, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental science, Soil conservation, Biogeosciences, Earth-Surface Processes, Water Science and Technology |
| الوصف: | This study was aimed at predicting soil erosion risk in the Buyukcekmece Lake watershed located in the western part of Istanbul, Turkey, by using Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) model in a GIS framework. The factors used in RUSLE were computed by using different data obtained or produced from meteorological station, soil surveys, topographic maps, and satellite images. The RUSLE factors were represented by raster layers in a GIS environment and then multiplied together to estimate the soil erosion rate in the study area using spatial analyst tool of ArcGIS 9.3. In the study, soil loss rate below 1 t/ha/year was defined as low erosion, while those >10 t/ha/year were defined as severe erosion. The values between low and severe erosion were further classified as slight, moderate, and high erosion areas. The study provided a reliable prediction of soil erosion rates and delineation of erosion-prone areas within the watershed. As the study revealed, soil erosion risk is low in more than half of the study area (54%) with soil loss |
| تدمد: | 1866-6299 1866-6280 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12665-011-1300-9 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::65378fb4415e97044914f1a5fa501af9 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-011-1300-9 |
| Rights: | CLOSED |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi...........65378fb4415e97044914f1a5fa501af9 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 18666299 18666280 |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/s12665-011-1300-9 |