Comprehensive assessment of soil erosion risk for better land use planning in river basins: Case study of the Upper Blue Nile River

Haregeweyn, Nigussie; Tsunekawa, Atsushi; Poesen, Jean; Tsubo, Mitsuru; Tsegaye Meshesha, Derege; Almaw Fenta, Ayele; Nyssen, Jan; Adgo, Enyew

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.09.019

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Comprehensive assessment of soil erosion risk for better land use planning in river basins: Case study of the Upper Blue Nile River

Published in The Science of The Total Environment • Sep 12, 2016

Authors:

Nigussie Haregeweyn

Atsushi Tsunekawa

Jean Poesen

Abstract

In the drought-prone Upper Blue Nile River (UBNR) basin of Ethiopia, soil erosion by water results in significant consequences that also affect downstream countries. However, there have been limited comprehensive studies of this and other basins with diverse agroecologies. We analyzed the variabilit...

Subject

Environmental science

Hydrology (agriculture)

Erosion

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