Application of USLE, GIS, and Remote Sensing in the Assessment of Soil Erosion Rates in Southeastern Serbia
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Životić, Ljubomir![](/themes/MirageAGROSPACE/images/orcid.png)
Perović, Veljko
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Jaramaz, Darko
Djordjević, Aleksandar
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Petrović, Rastko
Todorović, Mladen
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The assessment of soil erosion rate and its spatial distribution in the hilly-mountainous Nisava River basin was conducted by Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) model through a GIS-based approach. A Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM+) image and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) were used for the determination of crop management factor. The average annual soil loss was estimated at 13.1 t.ha(-1).yr(-1), classifying the Nisava River basin under the high erosion rate category. About 44.1% of the watershed area was characterized by slight erosion rate ( lt 5 t.ha(-1).yr(-1)), 15.5% of the area was found to be under moderate erosion rate (5-10 t.ha(-1)), 18.9% of the area was under high erosion rate (10-20 t.ha(-1)), while around 14.4% of the area was under a very high erosion rate (20-40 t.ha(-1).yr(-1)). Severe erosion rates (40-80 t.ha(-1).yr(-1)) were observed at 5.9% of the study area (168 km(2)), whereas very severe erosion rate (>80 t.ha(-1).yr(-1)) described about... 1.3% of the watershed (35.9 km(2)). The highest erosion was found on a sloppy terrain with agricultural activity. The results of this work are in agreement with previous studies conducted in the watershed, which indicates the presented methodology could be applied with eventual further improvements for the evaluation of erosion factors on soil resources in Serbia when limited data are available.
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Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 2012, 21, 6, 1929-1935Funding / projects:
- Studying climate change and its influence on environment: impacts, adaptation and mitigation (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-43007)
- Study of the effects of soil and irrigation water quality on more efficient agricultural crop production and environment protection (RS-MESTD-Technological Development (TD or TR)-37006)
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Poljoprivredni fakultetTY - JOUR AU - Životić, Ljubomir AU - Perović, Veljko AU - Jaramaz, Darko AU - Djordjević, Aleksandar AU - Petrović, Rastko AU - Todorović, Mladen PY - 2012 UR - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2793 AB - The assessment of soil erosion rate and its spatial distribution in the hilly-mountainous Nisava River basin was conducted by Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) model through a GIS-based approach. A Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM+) image and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) were used for the determination of crop management factor. The average annual soil loss was estimated at 13.1 t.ha(-1).yr(-1), classifying the Nisava River basin under the high erosion rate category. About 44.1% of the watershed area was characterized by slight erosion rate ( lt 5 t.ha(-1).yr(-1)), 15.5% of the area was found to be under moderate erosion rate (5-10 t.ha(-1)), 18.9% of the area was under high erosion rate (10-20 t.ha(-1)), while around 14.4% of the area was under a very high erosion rate (20-40 t.ha(-1).yr(-1)). Severe erosion rates (40-80 t.ha(-1).yr(-1)) were observed at 5.9% of the study area (168 km(2)), whereas very severe erosion rate (>80 t.ha(-1).yr(-1)) described about 1.3% of the watershed (35.9 km(2)). The highest erosion was found on a sloppy terrain with agricultural activity. The results of this work are in agreement with previous studies conducted in the watershed, which indicates the presented methodology could be applied with eventual further improvements for the evaluation of erosion factors on soil resources in Serbia when limited data are available. T2 - Polish Journal of Environmental Studies T1 - Application of USLE, GIS, and Remote Sensing in the Assessment of Soil Erosion Rates in Southeastern Serbia EP - 1935 IS - 6 SP - 1929 VL - 21 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_agrospace_2793 ER -
@article{ author = "Životić, Ljubomir and Perović, Veljko and Jaramaz, Darko and Djordjević, Aleksandar and Petrović, Rastko and Todorović, Mladen", year = "2012", abstract = "The assessment of soil erosion rate and its spatial distribution in the hilly-mountainous Nisava River basin was conducted by Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) model through a GIS-based approach. A Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM+) image and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) were used for the determination of crop management factor. The average annual soil loss was estimated at 13.1 t.ha(-1).yr(-1), classifying the Nisava River basin under the high erosion rate category. About 44.1% of the watershed area was characterized by slight erosion rate ( lt 5 t.ha(-1).yr(-1)), 15.5% of the area was found to be under moderate erosion rate (5-10 t.ha(-1)), 18.9% of the area was under high erosion rate (10-20 t.ha(-1)), while around 14.4% of the area was under a very high erosion rate (20-40 t.ha(-1).yr(-1)). Severe erosion rates (40-80 t.ha(-1).yr(-1)) were observed at 5.9% of the study area (168 km(2)), whereas very severe erosion rate (>80 t.ha(-1).yr(-1)) described about 1.3% of the watershed (35.9 km(2)). The highest erosion was found on a sloppy terrain with agricultural activity. The results of this work are in agreement with previous studies conducted in the watershed, which indicates the presented methodology could be applied with eventual further improvements for the evaluation of erosion factors on soil resources in Serbia when limited data are available.", journal = "Polish Journal of Environmental Studies", title = "Application of USLE, GIS, and Remote Sensing in the Assessment of Soil Erosion Rates in Southeastern Serbia", pages = "1935-1929", number = "6", volume = "21", url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_agrospace_2793" }
Životić, L., Perović, V., Jaramaz, D., Djordjević, A., Petrović, R.,& Todorović, M.. (2012). Application of USLE, GIS, and Remote Sensing in the Assessment of Soil Erosion Rates in Southeastern Serbia. in Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 21(6), 1929-1935. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_agrospace_2793
Životić L, Perović V, Jaramaz D, Djordjević A, Petrović R, Todorović M. Application of USLE, GIS, and Remote Sensing in the Assessment of Soil Erosion Rates in Southeastern Serbia. in Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 2012;21(6):1929-1935. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_agrospace_2793 .
Životić, Ljubomir, Perović, Veljko, Jaramaz, Darko, Djordjević, Aleksandar, Petrović, Rastko, Todorović, Mladen, "Application of USLE, GIS, and Remote Sensing in the Assessment of Soil Erosion Rates in Southeastern Serbia" in Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 21, no. 6 (2012):1929-1935, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_agrospace_2793 .