Impact of soil and water conservation measures on soil erosion rate and sediment yields in a tropical watershed in the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka

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• 作者：Saranga Diyabalanage^a ; K.K. Samarakoon^b ; S.B. Adikari^b ; Tilak Hewawasam^c ; ^{tilak@pdn.ac.lk}
• 关键词：Soil erosion ; Soil conservation ; Sediment yield ; Tropical region ; Trend analysis
• 刊名：Applied Geography
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：79
• 期：Complete
• 页码：103-114
• 全文大小：4408 K
• 卷排序：79

文摘

Upper Mahaweli Catchment (UMC) is the most important watershed in Sri Lanka. Soil erosion is a long-standing problem in the UMC. Conservation measures had been adopted in the UMC in the past. This study showed that the adopted measures were very successful to control soil erosion.