Spatial modelling of soil erosion potential in a mountainous watershed of South-eastern Serbia
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2013
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Perović, VeljkoŽivotić, Ljubomir
Kadović, Ratko
Djordjević, Aleksandar
Jaramaz, Darko
Mrvić, Vesna
Todorović, Mladen
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This work aims at the assessment of soil erosion rate and its spatial distribution in hilly mountainous Nisava River Basin (South-eastern Serbia) with a surface area of approximately 2,848 km(2). The study was conducted using Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) model due to its modest data demand and easy comprehensible structure. The erosion factors of USLE were collected and processed through a GIS-based approach. 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 27.0 t ha(-1) year(-1) classifying Nisava River Basin under very high erosion rate category. About 39.0 % of the watershed area was characterized by slight erosion rate ( lt 5 t ha(-1) year(-1)), 7.7 % of the area was found to be under moderate erosion rate (5-10 t ha(-1)), 13.8 % of the area is under high erosion rate (10-20 t ha(-1)), while around 17.5 % of the area was u...nder very high erosion rate (20-40 t ha(-1) year(-1)). Severe erosion rate (40-80 t ha(-1) year(-1)) was observed at 14.2 % of the study area, whereas very severe erosion rate (> 80 t ha(-1) year(-1)) described about 7.8 % of the watershed. The results of this work are in agreement with the soil erosion map of Serbia, the sediment yield measurements in the basin and with other, more detailed, studies in the watershed. Therefore, the presented methodology could be applied as a framework for the evaluation of erosion factors on soil resources in South-eastern Serbia when limited data are available. The outputs of these studies can be used for the identification of vulnerable areas on a cell basis and for planning of conservation practices.
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Erosion rate / Nisava River Basin / USLE / GISSource:
Environmental Earth Sciences, 2013, 68, 1, 115-128Publisher:
- Springer, New York
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- Study of the effects of soil and irrigation water quality on more efficient agricultural crop production and environment protection (RS-37006)
- Studying climate change and its influence on environment: impacts, adaptation and mitigation (RS-43007)
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1720-1
ISSN: 1866-6280
WoS: 000313005200011
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84871932626
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Poljoprivredni fakultetTY - JOUR AU - Perović, Veljko AU - Životić, Ljubomir AU - Kadović, Ratko AU - Djordjević, Aleksandar AU - Jaramaz, Darko AU - Mrvić, Vesna AU - Todorović, Mladen PY - 2013 UR - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3314 AB - This work aims at the assessment of soil erosion rate and its spatial distribution in hilly mountainous Nisava River Basin (South-eastern Serbia) with a surface area of approximately 2,848 km(2). The study was conducted using Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) model due to its modest data demand and easy comprehensible structure. The erosion factors of USLE were collected and processed through a GIS-based approach. 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 27.0 t ha(-1) year(-1) classifying Nisava River Basin under very high erosion rate category. About 39.0 % of the watershed area was characterized by slight erosion rate ( lt 5 t ha(-1) year(-1)), 7.7 % of the area was found to be under moderate erosion rate (5-10 t ha(-1)), 13.8 % of the area is under high erosion rate (10-20 t ha(-1)), while around 17.5 % of the area was under very high erosion rate (20-40 t ha(-1) year(-1)). Severe erosion rate (40-80 t ha(-1) year(-1)) was observed at 14.2 % of the study area, whereas very severe erosion rate (> 80 t ha(-1) year(-1)) described about 7.8 % of the watershed. The results of this work are in agreement with the soil erosion map of Serbia, the sediment yield measurements in the basin and with other, more detailed, studies in the watershed. Therefore, the presented methodology could be applied as a framework for the evaluation of erosion factors on soil resources in South-eastern Serbia when limited data are available. The outputs of these studies can be used for the identification of vulnerable areas on a cell basis and for planning of conservation practices. PB - Springer, New York T2 - Environmental Earth Sciences T1 - Spatial modelling of soil erosion potential in a mountainous watershed of South-eastern Serbia EP - 128 IS - 1 SP - 115 VL - 68 DO - 10.1007/s12665-012-1720-1 ER -
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Perović, V., Životić, L., Kadović, R., Djordjević, A., Jaramaz, D., Mrvić, V.,& Todorović, M.. (2013). Spatial modelling of soil erosion potential in a mountainous watershed of South-eastern Serbia. in Environmental Earth Sciences Springer, New York., 68(1), 115-128. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-012-1720-1
Perović V, Životić L, Kadović R, Djordjević A, Jaramaz D, Mrvić V, Todorović M. Spatial modelling of soil erosion potential in a mountainous watershed of South-eastern Serbia. in Environmental Earth Sciences. 2013;68(1):115-128. doi:10.1007/s12665-012-1720-1 .
Perović, Veljko, Životić, Ljubomir, Kadović, Ratko, Djordjević, Aleksandar, Jaramaz, Darko, Mrvić, Vesna, Todorović, Mladen, "Spatial modelling of soil erosion potential in a mountainous watershed of South-eastern Serbia" in Environmental Earth Sciences, 68, no. 1 (2013):115-128, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-012-1720-1 . .