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SOIL EROSION RATES OF INDIA

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Title SOIL EROSION RATES OF INDIA
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Creator GURMEL SINGH
RAM BABU
PRATAP NARAIN
LS BHUSHAN
IP ABROL
 
Subject SOIL EROSION RATES, INDIA
 
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AN ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO PREPARE SOIL EROSION RATE MAP OF INDIA. FOR THIS, AVAILABLE MAPS OF SOIL , RAINFALL EROSIVITY , SLOPE, LANDUSE, FOREST , DEGRADED LANDS, SAND DUNES AND IRRIGATION HAVE BEEN UTILIZED . SOIL LOSS DATA FROM VARIOUS RESEARCH STATIONS , WATERSHEDS AND SEDIMENTATION OF RESERVOIRS WERE MADE USE OF . SOIL LOSSFOR NUMBER OF PLACES WERE ESTIMATED USING UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION. BASED ON THESE 21 OBSERVED AND 64 ESTIMATED SOIL LOSS DATA POINTS SPREAD OVER DIFFERENT LAND RESOURCE REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY AND SUPERIMPOSING EIGHT- ABOVE MENTIONED MAPS, ISO- EROSION RATE LINES ON MAP OF INDIA WERE DRAWN. THIS MAP WILL PROVE HANDY TOOL FOR PLANNERS, WATERSHED MANAGES AND POLICY MAKERS TO DEVELOP APPROPRIATE LANDUSE FOR ACHIEVING SUSTAINED PRODUCTIVITY.
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Date 2020-07-30T08:19:43Z
2020-07-30T08:19:43Z
1990-01-01
 
Type Research Paper
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/38591
 
Language English
 
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