EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT LAND USES ON INFILTRATION IN UNSTIFLUVENT SOIL SUSCEPTIBLE TO GULLY EROSION

被引：12

作者：

AGNIHOTRI, RC

YADAV, RC

机构：

[1] Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute, Research Centre, Agra

来源：

HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL-JOURNAL DES SCIENCES HYDROLOGIQUES | 1995年 / 40卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1080/02626669509491423

中图分类号：

TV21 [水资源调查与水利规划];

学科分类号：

081501 ;

摘要：

The effects of different land uses, viz agriculture, grassland and afforestation, were evaluated in comparison with untreated ravine waste land in ustifluvent soil susceptible to gully erosion under a semiarid climate. The infiltration was measured with constant head double ring infiltrometers. Saturated hydraulic conductivities for the study sites were computed with a clay based equation and a texture based equation. The difference between the final infiltration rate (after 180 min) and the saturated hydraulic conductivity was taken to be the effect of different land uses on the infiltration characteristics of the sites. The saturated hydraulic conductivities (K-s) calculated by the two methods were comparable for loamy sand soil. The two K-s values were different for sandy loam soil. The ravine proper and farming up and down cultivation practice under grazing and trampling etc. were found to have suppressed the infiltration rate. Agricultural land use on terraces showed a marginal increase. Thus, the study demonstrated a way of isolating the effect of different land uses using a simple method for the estimation of saturated hydraulic conductivity for ustifluvent soils. For structure-dominated soils a more precise determination of saturated hydraulic conductivity will be necessary.

引用

页码：395 / 406

页数：12

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