Soil conservation measures in reducing erosion in the Berheci watershed - Romania

The preoccupation concerning the eroded soils management is very old because the deforestation began 100 years ago and the degradation processes appeared in a short time. The agricultural and forest solutions were being used for reducing erosion of soils. At the same time there are researches for the influence of erosion on the soil fertility and growth of crops. Data from Berheci watershed are presented. The effects of previously works mentioned are: -consolidate the slopes and reduce the surface leakage, thus preventing the occurrence of high flows on the hydrographical network; -consolidate the thalweg and bed slopes, reduce the leakage speed simultaneously with depth erosion decrease and ensuring the retention of an as high as possible water quantity from the alluvium carried out during floods.