Spatial assessment of soil erosion risk by integrating remote sensing and GIS techniques: a case of Tensift watershed in Morocco

• Published in: Environmental earth sciences Vol. 79; no. 10; p. 207
• Main Authors: Meliho, Modeste, Khattabi, Abdellatif, Mhammdi, Nadia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Arid regions; Barren lands; Biogeosciences; Climate and human activity; Coefficients; Conservation; Conservation practices; Correlation coefficient; Correlation coefficients; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Elevation; Environmental Science and Engineering; erodibility; Erosion control; Erosion rates; Geochemistry; Geographic information systems; Geographical information systems; Geology; humans; Hydrology/Water Resources; Land degradation; Land use; Land use management; Morocco; Original Article; Rain; Rainfall; Remote sensing; risk; Semi arid areas; shrublands; Slope gradients; Slopes; Soil analysis; Soil erodibility; Soil erosion; Soil loss; Terrestrial Pollution; topography; Watersheds; Morocco; GIS; RUSLE model; RS; Soil erosion; Morocco; Tensift watershed
• ISSN: 1866-6280; 1866-6299
• DOI: 10.1007/s12665-020-08955-y

Soil erosion is the most crucial factor in land degradation in semi-arid areas. Natural climatic, edaphic, and topographic conditions, and human activities have made Morocco vulnerable to soil erosion. At the watershed scale, soil erosion assessment is of great importance in conservation strategies....