A 13-year record of erosion on badland sites in the Karoo, South Africa

• Published in: Earth surface processes and landforms Vol. 40; no. 14; pp. 1964 - 1981
• Main Authors: Boardman, John, Favis-Mortlock, David, Foster, Ian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bognor Regis Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2015; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Badlands; Climate change; dam sedimentation; Degradation; Drought; Erosion; Erosion mechanisms; erosion pins; Erosion rate; Erosion rates; Extrapolation; Gullies; Gully erosion; Holocene; Karoo; Land degradation; Land management; Landforms; Overgrazing; Quantitative research; Rainfall; Small farms; soil erosion; South Africa; Storage reservoirs; Water resources; Water storage; South Africa; South Africa, Karoo

Land degradation in South Africa has been of concern for more than 100 years with both climate change and inappropriate land management (overgrazing) being proposed as primary drivers. However, there are few quantitative studies of degradation and, in particular, few of erosion by water. Badlands, t...