Effects of surface management on runoff and soil erosion from some plots at Mlingano, Tanzania

Effects of four soil management treatments on runoff and erosion were investigated for a Rhodic Ferralsol using 10m × 2m runoff plots established on natural slopes of 10, 19 and 22% at Mlingano, Tanzania. The soil management treatments studied were bare fallow, plowing, straw mulch at 6 ton/ha and n...

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Autores principales: Ngatunga, E.L.N., Lal, R., Uriyo, A.P.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1984
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177166
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author Ngatunga, E.L.N.
Lal, R.
Uriyo, A.P.
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description Effects of four soil management treatments on runoff and erosion were investigated for a Rhodic Ferralsol using 10m × 2m runoff plots established on natural slopes of 10, 19 and 22% at Mlingano, Tanzania. The soil management treatments studied were bare fallow, plowing, straw mulch at 6 ton/ha and natural grass cover. The annual soil loss respectively for 10, 19 and 22% slopes was 37.8, 92.8 and 88.2 ton ha−1 for bare fallow; 13.6, 37.9 and 23.5 ton ha−1 for plowed; 0.12, 0.19 and 0.18 ton/ha for mulched; and 0.08, 0.14 and 0.10 ton ha−1 for grass cover treatments. The soil erodibility factor (K) computed from the annual soil loss was 0.160, 0.153 and 0.121 for soils of 10, 19 and 22% slopes, respectively. The K factors estimated from the nomogram were 0.09, 0.085 and 0.110, respectively. Out of the 793 mm of rains received, the annual runoff loss, respectively, for 10, 19 and 22% slope was 11.9, 15.4 and 13.0% for bare fallow; 5.5, 7.4 and 5.1% for plowed; 0.7, 0.7 and 0.5% for mulched; and 0.2, 0.4 and 0.3% for grass cover treatment.
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spelling CGSpace1771662025-11-11T10:03:36Z Effects of surface management on runoff and soil erosion from some plots at Mlingano, Tanzania Ngatunga, E.L.N. Lal, R. Uriyo, A.P. soil erosion Mulches soil physical properties runoff water water erosion soil tanzania Effects of four soil management treatments on runoff and erosion were investigated for a Rhodic Ferralsol using 10m × 2m runoff plots established on natural slopes of 10, 19 and 22% at Mlingano, Tanzania. The soil management treatments studied were bare fallow, plowing, straw mulch at 6 ton/ha and natural grass cover. The annual soil loss respectively for 10, 19 and 22% slopes was 37.8, 92.8 and 88.2 ton ha−1 for bare fallow; 13.6, 37.9 and 23.5 ton ha−1 for plowed; 0.12, 0.19 and 0.18 ton/ha for mulched; and 0.08, 0.14 and 0.10 ton ha−1 for grass cover treatments. The soil erodibility factor (K) computed from the annual soil loss was 0.160, 0.153 and 0.121 for soils of 10, 19 and 22% slopes, respectively. The K factors estimated from the nomogram were 0.09, 0.085 and 0.110, respectively. Out of the 793 mm of rains received, the annual runoff loss, respectively, for 10, 19 and 22% slope was 11.9, 15.4 and 13.0% for bare fallow; 5.5, 7.4 and 5.1% for plowed; 0.7, 0.7 and 0.5% for mulched; and 0.2, 0.4 and 0.3% for grass cover treatment. 1984-05 2025-10-16T13:24:41Z 2025-10-16T13:24:41Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177166 en Limited Access application/pdf Ngatunga, E.L.N., Lal, R., & Uriyo, A.P. (1984). Effects of surface management on runoff and soil erosion from some plots at Mlingano, Tanzania. Geoderma, 33(1), 1-12.
spellingShingle soil erosion
Mulches
soil physical properties
runoff water
water erosion
soil
tanzania
Ngatunga, E.L.N.
Lal, R.
Uriyo, A.P.
Effects of surface management on runoff and soil erosion from some plots at Mlingano, Tanzania
title Effects of surface management on runoff and soil erosion from some plots at Mlingano, Tanzania
title_full Effects of surface management on runoff and soil erosion from some plots at Mlingano, Tanzania
title_fullStr Effects of surface management on runoff and soil erosion from some plots at Mlingano, Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed Effects of surface management on runoff and soil erosion from some plots at Mlingano, Tanzania
title_short Effects of surface management on runoff and soil erosion from some plots at Mlingano, Tanzania
title_sort effects of surface management on runoff and soil erosion from some plots at mlingano tanzania
topic soil erosion
Mulches
soil physical properties
runoff water
water erosion
soil
tanzania
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177166
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