What is it about?
Water erosion causes soil productivity loss and pollution of water resources. To combat the water erosion problem we need first to assess its hazard so that proper control measures can be adopted. This paper discussed the mentioned topics in Northern Iraq, a region suffered from water erosion for a long time.
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The paper used the USLE to assess the water erosion hazard. The region was divided into 9 units and proper erosion control measures were assigned to each.
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I was quite satisfied with this publication since it offers a simple and a straight forward incormation about a problem not easily understood by nonprofessional.
Professor Mohammad H Hussein
University of Babylon
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This page is a summary of: Water erosion assessment and control in Northern Iraq, Soil and Tillage Research, May 1998, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/s0933-3630(97)00007-x.
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