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Design Requirements of Gully Control Structures
A structure installed across an active gully to stabilize the gully through control of erosion of gully bottom and banks…
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Grassed Waterways
Grassed waterways are natural or man made constructed channels established for the transport of concentrated flow at safe velocities from…
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What Is Terrace Farming?
Terrace farming is used throughout the world for cultivation purposes. Definition Of Terrace Farming Terrace farming is a type of…
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What are contour ditches?
Contour ditches are horizontal ditches dug on the slope of a hill to catch the rainwater running down the hill.…
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Trenching
Trenching is one of the major engineering measures for erosion control in non-arable lands and is mainly aimed to slope…
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Vegetative Barriers for Erosion Control
The use of stiff-stemmed vegetation as barrier strips in cropland areas vulnerable to erosion is a new conservation practice that…
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Controlling Erosion of Soil by Water: 9 Biological Methods
Biological Method # 1. Contouring: The term contouring, also referred to as contour farming, applies to the tillage practices or…
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Conjunctive use of surface and groundwater
SURFACE WATER OR GROUNDWATER? Disadvantages of surface water development compared to groundwater In most climates of the world, precipitation, either…
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Runoff, erosion and sedimentation: prediction and measurement
RUNOFF Runoff forms There are two situations when runoff will occur. If the intensity of rainfall exceeds the infiltration rate…
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Importance of Rainfall to agriculture
Mean Annual Precipitation, MAP: Concepts The MAP (mm) characterises the long term quantity of water available to a region for…
