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Revised soil erodibility K-factor for soils in the Czech Republic

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  • Jan Vopravil

    (Research Institute for Soil and Water Conservation, Prague, Czech Republic)

  • Miloslav Janeček

    (Research Institute for Soil and Water Conservation, Prague, Czech Republic)

  • Martin Tippl

    (Research Institute for Soil and Water Conservation, Prague, Czech Republic)

Abstract

In the territory of the Czech Republic there are more than 50% of agricultural soils exposed to water erosion; it is a very urgent problem both at present and for the future. It must be solved now when there is still something to be protected. It is rather complicated to describe the soil properties in terms of soil susceptibility to water erosion because it is a complex relation in which many factors participate. For the complex evaluation of all main factors participating in erosion origination it is possible to apply the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE). It consists of six factors interacting with each other and participating in the origination of soil erosion. One of these factors is the soil erodibility factor (K-factor), the revision of which for soil conditions of the CR is the subject of this study. In total ca. 5000 soil pits from the whole territory of the country were processed and evaluated in detail. The main results of this study are K-factor values (means and variances) for the soil types, subtypes and varieties (represented in the database) according to the Taxonomic Classification System of Soils of the Czech Republic.

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  • Jan Vopravil & Miloslav Janeček & Martin Tippl, 2007. "Revised soil erodibility K-factor for soils in the Czech Republic," Soil and Water Research, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 2(1), pages 1-9.
    • Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlswr:v:2:y:2007:i:1:id:2100-swr
    DOI: 10.17221/2100-SWR
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    1. Markéta BÁČOVÁ & Josef KRÁSA, 2016. "Application of historical and recent aerial imagery in monitoring water erosion occurrences in Czech highlands," Soil and Water Research, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 11(4), pages 267-276.
    2. Jana Konečná & Petr Karásek & Hana Beitlerová & Petr Fučík & Jiří Kapička & Jana Podhrázská & Tomáš Kvítek, 2020. "Using WaTEM/SEDEM and HEC-HMS models for the simulation of episodic hydrological and erosion events in a small agricultural catchment," Soil and Water Research, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 15(1), pages 18-29.

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