The Effect of Land use Type and Slope Degree on Phosphorous and Potassium Losses in Runoff Using Rainfall Simulators (Case study: Kakasharaf Watershed Basin, Lorestan)

• Published in: ʻUlūm va muhandisī-i ābyārī Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 195 - 209
• Main Authors: Kianoush Behrahi, Gholam Abbas sayyad, Ahmad Landi, Hamid reza peyrowan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Persian
• Published: Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz 01.04.2018
• Subjects: agriculture; forest; pasture; phosphorus; potassium; soil loss

Water erosion causes serious damage to all natural ecosystems, including the soil and nutrients loss (Collman et al., 2010). Nutrients loss and soil fertility reduction are the most important effects of soil erosion, which increase the fertility of soils in downward of the basin and cause contaminat...