Soil water erosion on cultivated lands represents a severe threat to soil resources in the
world, and especially in Mediterranean areas, due to their topographic, edaphic and climatic …

Soil erosion is a key factor in Mediterranean environments, and is not only closely related to
geoecological factors (lithology, topography, and climatology) but also to land-use and plant …

Soil and water loss in agriculture is a major problem throughout the world, and especially in
Mediterranean areas. Non-conservation agricultural practices have further aggravated the …

Soil erosion processes during a storm are strongly affected by intra-storm variations in
rainfall characteristics. Four storm patterns, each with a different rainfall intensity variation …

Terracing has long been considered a strategy for soil and water conservation in many
mountainous regions of the world. However, the effectiveness of terracing is limited by many …

Intense erosion processes are widespread in the Mediterranean region, and include sheet
wash erosion, rilling, gullying, shallow landsliding, and the development of large and active …

Soil erosion (SE) is seriously threatening grain production and the ecological environment in
the black soil region. Understanding the impact of changes in land use/land cover (LULC) …

Mining operations result in the generation of barren land and spoil heaps which are subject
to high erosion rate during the rainy season. The present study uses the Revised Universal …

Cover crops (CCs) minimize the loss of soil in permanent cropping systems where the soil is
usually bare due to intense tillage or overuse of herbicides. The topsoil, the richer layer in …

Although soil erosion in vineyards is key to understanding the sustainability of agricultural
management, there is not a worldwide definitive state-of-the-art review. It is accepted that …