<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Evaluation of the vulnerability of agricultural land by water erosion, including the erosion control measures design, was done using the geographic information systems (GIS) on example of the cadastral area Rovečné, the Czech Republic. Analytical operations that lead to evaluation of the basic runoff and especially erosion rates according to the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) were made in ArcGIS 10 Desktop, the software product ArcInfo using a set of integrated software applications ArcMap, ArcCatalog and user interface ArcToolbox, and also using programs LS-converter and USLE2D. The potential loss of soil by water erosion was determined before and after erosion control measures design. The proposed measures should improve the current situation and contribute to preservation of agricultural activity in this area in a form close to the current situation.</p></abstract>

Evaluation of the vulnerability of agricultural land by water erosion, including the erosion control measures design, was done using the geographic information systems (GIS) on example of the cadastral area Rovečné, the Czech Republic. Analytical operations that lead to evaluation of the basic runoff and especially erosion rates according to the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) were made in ArcGIS 10 Desktop, the software product ArcInfo using a set of integrated software applications ArcMap, ArcCatalog and user interface ArcToolbox, and also using programs LS-converter and USLE2D. The potential loss of soil by water erosion was determined before and after erosion control measures design. The proposed measures should improve the current situation and contribute to preservation of agricultural activity in this area in a form close to the current situation.

Evaluation of erosion rates in cadastral area Rovečné (Moravia) using GIS tools

Department of Applied and Landscape Ecology, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno,

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Evaluation of the vulnerability of agricultural land by water erosion, including the erosion control measures design, was done using the geographic information...

Evaluation of erosion rates in cadastral area Rovečné (Moravia) using GIS tools

Article Category: Research articles

Published Online: Apr 06, 2017

Page range: 51 - 76

Received: Jun 08, 2016

Accepted: Nov 14, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/euco-2017-0004

Keywords
cadastral area Rovečné, water erosion, USLE, ArcGIS, LS-converter, USLE2D

© by Tomáš Mašíček

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Evaluation of erosion rates in cadastral area Rovečné (Moravia) using GIS tools

Article Category: Research articles

Published Online: Apr 06, 2017

Page range: 51 - 76

Received: Jun 08, 2016

Accepted: Nov 14, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/euco-2017-0004

Keywordscadastral area Rovečné, water erosion, USLE, ArcGIS, LS-converter, USLE2D

© by Tomáš Mašíček

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
cadastral area Rovečné, water erosion, USLE, ArcGIS, LS-converter, USLE2D