<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this work, results of evaluation of potential water erosion threat of the Smuga stream basin in Beskid Wyspowy were presented according to the USLE model and the GIS techniques. The basin area is 5.40 km2; mean height is 636.4 m a.s.l. and mean basin slope is 21.32%. The basin is in a significant part covered by forest which is 54.26%, grasslands occupy 8.15% and arable lands 34.63%. The highest water erosion threat takes place on arable lands with high slopes and defective cultivation. Calculated soil loss is 2078.59 Mg yearly, which gives a unitary loss of 3.85 Mg for 1 ha. This classifies the investigated basin as very low threatened – second class in sixth degree scale.</p></abstract>

In this work, results of evaluation of potential water erosion threat of the Smuga stream basin in Beskid Wyspowy were presented according to the USLE model and the GIS techniques. The basin area is 5.40 km2; mean height is 636.4 m a.s.l. and mean basin slope is 21.32%. The basin is in a significant part covered by forest which is 54.26%, grasslands occupy 8.15% and arable lands 34.63%. The highest water erosion threat takes place on arable lands with high slopes and defective cultivation. Calculated soil loss is 2078.59 Mg yearly, which gives a unitary loss of 3.85 Mg for 1 ha. This classifies the investigated basin as very low threatened – second class in sixth degree scale.

Estimation of water erosion threat of the Smuga stream basin in the Beskid Wyspowy / 
Ocena zagrożenia erozją wodną zlewni potoku Smuga w Beskidzie Wyspowym

Department of Soil Reclamation and Peat-Bogs Protection, Agriculture University of Krakow, Mickiewicza 24/28 St, 30-059 Krakow, Poland

Environmental Protection and Natural Resources

In this work, results of evaluation of potential water erosion threat of the Smuga stream basin in Beskid Wyspowy were presented according to the USLE model...

Estimation of water erosion threat of the Smuga stream basin in the Beskid Wyspowy / Ocena zagrożenia erozją wodną zlewni potoku Smuga w Beskidzie Wyspowym

Published Online: Dec 27, 2013

Page range: 33 - 37

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/oszn-2013-0041

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