PREDICTING THE POTENTIAL ANNUAL SOIL LOSS USING THE REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION (RUSLE) IN THE OUED EL MALLEH CATCHMENT (PRERIF, MOROCCO)
Journal Title: Present Environment and Sustainable Development - Year 2011, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Abstract. This paper presents the results of our study on mapping the spatial evolution of the land from the modeling process of erosion. This contribution aims at determining rapid changes in land cover and land use and modeling of soil erosion in the study area where we have little data. Analysis of satellite data has identified six main types of land (Land severely degraded, cereal, mix cereal and tree crops, trees, and reforestation) in the watershed of Oued El Mellah north the city of Fez (Morocco). After the loss of soil have been estimated by the RUSLE module integrated into the GIS Idrisi, the results allowed the identification of sectors across the basin where interventions are needed to limit the process of land degradation.
Authors and Affiliations
Omar El Aroussi, Laila Mesrar, Abdelkader El Garouani1, Abderrahim Lahrach, Lahcen Beaabidate, Brahim Akdim, Raouf Jabrane
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP141398
- DOI -
- Views 74
- Downloads 0
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DYNAMICS PROJECTION OF INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL STATE. CASE STUDY: 3RD DISTRICT OF BUCHAREST
After the fall of the communist regimes in 1989, East and Central Europe cities went through a period of economic and political transition, reflected in the urban landscape through destructuring, abandonment or con...
EXPOSED AREAS AT LANDSLIDINGS RISKS IN BOTOSANI
Ville chef Botoşani est située sur un plateau naturel qui représente ľinterfluve qui sépare les cours d΄eau Sitna et Dresleuca. L΄aspect géomophologique général du microrelif est un sculptural interfluve ayant les fronti...
SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMISSIONS AND THE MAIN RECIPIENT COMPONENTS
In this study are spatially analyzed the relations existing between the emission and main recipient components: land occupied by forests, green areas, protective strips and the number of inhabitants. The values of these...
THE PRESENT STATE OF DENUDATIONAL GEOMORPHIC PROCESSES ON THE LEFT BANK OF IZVORU MUNTELUI -BICAZ RESERVOIR (POIANA LARGULUI - BUHALNIŢA SECTOR)
The knowledge of present denudational processes from the left bank of Bistriţa valley in the area between Poiana Largului and Buhalniţa – Rugineşti is of major importance at least from two points of view. The first ref...
REUSABLE ENERYGY, MAJOR PREOCUPATION FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT’S POLLUTION
The work with the title reusable energy, major preoccupation for the reduction of the nature’s pollution, analyses a part of the sources of the reusable energy, presently used worldwide and countrywide, in Romania. From...