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<p>Water erosion is a major problem in the semi-arid environments of Algeria. In this vein, the objective of this study is to use the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) on the watershed of Medjerda which is located at the extreme of the North-Eastern part of the Algerian territory. Based on the crossing of various factors in raster mode under ArcGIS allows the production of diverse thematic maps corresponding to multiple factors: erosivity of precipitations, erodibility of soils, topography, the vegetal cover and the anti-erosive practices. Moreover, the risks’ map of water soil erosion was obtained depending on the combination of the previous thematic maps with four class risks has been made up indicating an average erosion value of 2.68 t/ha/year. However, this value is relatively reasonable in relation to the given rate by the interpretation of the bathymetric measures carried out in the Ain Dalia dam.</p>
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Water erosion is a major problem in the semi-arid environments of Algeria. In this vein, the objective of this study is to use the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) on the watershed of Medjerda which is located at the extreme of the North-Eastern part of the Algerian territory. Based on the crossing of various factors in raster mode under ArcGIS allows the production of diverse thematic maps corresponding to multiple factors: erosivity of precipitations, erodibility of soils, topography, the vegetal cover and the anti-erosive practices. Moreover, the risks’ map of water soil erosion was obtained depending on the combination of the previous thematic maps with four class risks has been made up indicating an average erosion value of 2.68 t/ha/year. However, this value is relatively reasonable in relation to the given rate by the interpretation of the bathymetric measures carried out in the Ain Dalia dam.

Soil Erosion Estimation of Wadi Medjerda in Algeria Using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) through GIS

Science and Technology Faculty, Department of Civil Engineering and Hydraulics

Selected Scientific Papers - Journal of Civil Engineering

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Water erosion is a major problem in the semi-arid environments of Algeria. In this vein, the objective of this study is to use the Revised Universal Soil Loss...

Soil Erosion Estimation of Wadi Medjerda in Algeria Using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) through GIS

Published Online: Dec 29, 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sspjce-2023-0019

Keywords
watershed, Medjerda, Dam Ain Dalia, SIG, RUSLE, erosion

© 2023 Karima Allaoui et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Soil Erosion Estimation of Wadi Medjerda in Algeria Using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) through GIS

Published Online: Dec 29, 2023

Page range: -

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sspjce-2023-0019

Keywordswatershed, Medjerda, Dam Ain Dalia, SIG, RUSLE, erosion

© 2023 Karima Allaoui et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
watershed, Medjerda, Dam Ain Dalia, SIG, RUSLE, erosion