Analysis of land use effect on the state of erosion in the Trgoviška Reka drainage basin [Serbia]
2010
Bilibajkić, S., Institute of Forestry, Belgrade (Serbia) | Stefanović, T., Institute of Forestry, Belgrade (Serbia) | Miletić, Z., Institute of Forestry, Belgrade (Serbia) | Ratknić, M., Institute of Forestry, Belgrade (Serbia)
The main objective of this paper is to determine the causes of the observed changes in the intensity of erosion processes and sediment yield in the study area. The study area is defined by the boundary of the Trgoviška Reka drainage basin area. The study results show that the intensity of erosion processes in the study area over 2009 was decreased compared to the state in the catchment before the erosion control works. This was manifested also by the estimated state of erosion processes (mean value of erosion coefficient in the study area), and also by the calculated sediment yield, as the consequence of erosion processes, i.e. as the final result of the effects of numerous erosion factors. Although the state of erosion processes in an area is the consequence of the conditions prevailing in the observed area, i.e. the effect of numerous factors, it was concluded that the changes in the state of erosion processes in the study area were almost exclusively resulting from the change in a small number of erosion factors, mainly covered by the term land use. The establishment of forest plantations resulted in the positive changes in the intensities of erosion processes and in the decrease in sediment yield.
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