Soil erosion modelling, described here, is based on the methods explained by Morgan (Morgan, 1986; Morgan and Finney, 1984). The model tries to encompass some of the recent advances in understanding of erosion processes. The model separates the soil erosion process into a water phase and a sediment phase. It considers soil erosion to result from the detachment of soil particles by raindrop impact and the transport of those particles by overland flow.

For more information on this case study, contact:

D. P. Shrestha
Department of Earth Systems Analysis,
International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC),
P.O. Box 6, 7500 AA Enschede, The Netherlands.
Tel: +31 53 4874264, Fax: +31 53 4874399, e-mail: dhruba@itc.nl