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Soil Surface Roughness Effects on Infiltration Process of a Cultivated Slopes on the Loess Plateau of China

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  • Longshan Zhao
  • Linhua Wang
  • Xinlan Liang
  • Jian Wang
  • Faqi Wu

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Infiltration is the only way water enters soil on the cultivated slopes of the China’s Loess Plateau, so infiltration plays an important role in conserving soil moisture. The objective of this study was to investigate how a soil wetting front created by simulated rainfall migrated in soil with different types of surface roughness. The three types of soil surface treatments studied included surfaces of smooth, medium rough and rough soil. The results showed that, 1) compared with a smooth surface texture, medium rough and rough surface textures have a higher infiltration capacity; 2) the infiltration rate gradually decreases as the wetting front deepens and the rate tends stabilize over time. This change could be described by a logarithmic function; 3) at the early stage of rainfall, the wetting front of medium rough and rough surface textures varied greatly, while the variability of the wetting front decreases markedly after the infiltration rate stabilizes; 4) with increasing depth of the wetting front, the similarity between the wetting front and soil surface profile decreased significantly for the medium rough and rough surface textures. These results indicate that the process of infiltration on cultivated slopes on the Loess Plateau changed from a non-uniform pattern to a uniform pattern as time passed during a rainfall event. Overall, soils with rougher soil surfaces experienced a larger effect of roughness on the process of infiltration. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013

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  • Longshan Zhao & Linhua Wang & Xinlan Liang & Jian Wang & Faqi Wu, 2013. "Soil Surface Roughness Effects on Infiltration Process of a Cultivated Slopes on the Loess Plateau of China," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 27(14), pages 4759-4771, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:waterr:v:27:y:2013:i:14:p:4759-4771
    DOI: 10.1007/s11269-013-0428-7
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