APPLICATION OF THE RUSLE MODEL TO CALCULATE SOIL WATER EROSION IN THE LOWER BASIN OF THE VIRÚ RIVER, LA LIBERTAD REGION, 2022

Authors

  • Carrión Tapullima, José Luis
  • Zapata Abad, Abel Emilio
  • Luján Rojas, Jessica Marleny
  • Ugaz Odar, Fernando
  • Llaque Fernández, Grant Ilich
  • Valderrama Puscan, Marlon Walter

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18687/LACCEI2023.1.1.1120

Keywords:

Water erosion, RUSLE, soil, basin, degradation.

Abstract

Soil degradation is a serious threat to agroecosystems and landscapes in many countries. These processes are much more intensified in high-intensity episodic rains over cultivated areas. The need to estimate soil loss in a variety of spatial and temporal scales has been recognized, therefore, due to the difficulty it presents for the control of soil loss due to water erosion, as an alternative to a mathematical method is developed, being Thus, the objective of this research work, application of the RUSLE model to calculate soil water erosion, obtaining an average erosion of 57.14 T.ha-1.Year-1 in the lower basin of the Virú river, La Libertad Region, 2022, which discharged into the Pacific Ocean.

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2024-04-16

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