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Soil Erosion/Loss of Koshi Basin

Updated Date: 9/8/2020 2:30:51 PM

Accelerated soil erosion is a common and environmentally destructive consequence of development in the populated trans-boundary Koshi river basin. The objective of this study was to assess assessment of soil erosion pattern and dynamic change trend of spatial distribution in erosion status between 1990 and 2010 and obtained the conservation priority map in the Koshi basin area using GIS and remote sensing. To develop soil erosion pattern revised universal soil loss equation (RUSLE) were adopted in ArcGIS environment where is the rainfall erosivity, soil erodibility, slope length factor, crop management factor and support practice factors were used a primary parameters. This study result the annual total erosion 4,35,996 ton/ha/yr in 2010.

Soil Erosion/Loss of Koshi Basin
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Purpose Development of baseline information for environmental management.
Descriptive Keyword Soil Loss, Erosion, Basin (theme) Koshi (place)
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Date 2020-09-08T14:30:51
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Name Mr. Sameer Bajracharya Email Sameer.Bajracharya@icimod.org
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Title Soil Erosion/Loss of Koshi Basin
Date 2015-03-16
Date Type publication
Abstract Accelerated soil erosion is a common and environmentally destructive consequence of development in the populated trans-boundary Koshi river basin. The objective of this study was to assess assessment of soil erosion pattern and dynamic change trend of spatial distribution in erosion status between 1990 and 2010 and obtained the conservation priority map in the Koshi basin area using GIS and remote sensing. To develop soil erosion pattern revised universal soil loss equation (RUSLE) were adopted in ArcGIS environment where is the rainfall erosivity, soil erodibility, slope length factor, crop management factor and support practice factors were used a primary parameters. This study result the annual total erosion 4,35,996 ton/ha/yr in 2010.
Purpose Development of baseline information for environmental management.
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Topic Category geoscientificInformation
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Spatial Resolution 30
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Name Mr. Kabir Uddin Email Kabir.Uddin@icimod.org
Organization Name ICIMOD Voice 977-1-5003222
Position name GIS and Remote Sensing Analyst Address Nepal
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Geographic Extent East 88.9677 Geographic Extent West 84.9955
Geographic Extent North 29.1399 Geographic Extent South 25.3204
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