Wind and water erosion of non cultivated sandy soils in the Sahel: a case study in northern Burkina Faso, Africa
In the Sahel, sandy soils are widespread and support not only most of pearl millet production, the major staple crop in the region, but also forage production for livestock. Parent sediments of these soils have an aeolian origin and hence are prone to wind erosion. However, the clay content, albeit...
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| author | Rajot, J.L. Ribolzi, Olivier Planchon, O. Karambiri, H. |
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| description | In the Sahel, sandy soils are widespread and support not only most of pearl millet production, the major staple crop in the region, but also forage production for livestock. Parent sediments of these soils have an aeolian origin and hence are prone to wind erosion. However, the clay content, albeit very low, results in the formation of crusts during rainfall, thus leading to runoff and water erosion. Squall lines, major rainfall events of the rainy season, are usually preceded by intense wind. Wind and water erosion is thus closely associated both in time and in space, but they are rarely studied simultaneously. Erosion measurements were carried out during two years (2001, 2002) on a small catchment of grazing land (1.4 ha) at Katchari, Burkina Faso, typical of the Sahel area under 500 mm annual rainfall. Wind erosion occurred at the onset of the rainy season, when soil cover is the lowest, from May to 15th of July, before vegetation growth. Water erosion occurred throughout the rainy season, but some intense events produced most of the total annual erosion. Wind caused the largest sediment fluxes leading to both erosion (up to 20 Mg ha-1 yr-1) and deposits (up to 30 Mg ha-1 yr-1) according to the area of the catchment. Water erosion is one order of magnitude lower than wind erosion, and is more intense where wind erosion is the highest. Thus the same area is eroded both by wind and water. Conversely, in areas where there are aeolian deposits, water erosion is low and these areas correspond to fertile islands where vegetation grows. At this study scale, there is no land degradation, but intense dynamics leading to a high spatial variability typical of the Sahelian environment. On this uncultivated area, the dynamics were similar to those recorded in other Sahelian cultivated millet fields. |
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| spelling | CGSpace757352023-06-08T14:43:21Z Wind and water erosion of non cultivated sandy soils in the Sahel: a case study in northern Burkina Faso, Africa Rajot, J.L. Ribolzi, Olivier Planchon, O. Karambiri, H. water erosion wind erosion sedimentation sandy soils grazing lands vegetation rain catchment areas case studies In the Sahel, sandy soils are widespread and support not only most of pearl millet production, the major staple crop in the region, but also forage production for livestock. Parent sediments of these soils have an aeolian origin and hence are prone to wind erosion. However, the clay content, albeit very low, results in the formation of crusts during rainfall, thus leading to runoff and water erosion. Squall lines, major rainfall events of the rainy season, are usually preceded by intense wind. Wind and water erosion is thus closely associated both in time and in space, but they are rarely studied simultaneously. Erosion measurements were carried out during two years (2001, 2002) on a small catchment of grazing land (1.4 ha) at Katchari, Burkina Faso, typical of the Sahel area under 500 mm annual rainfall. Wind erosion occurred at the onset of the rainy season, when soil cover is the lowest, from May to 15th of July, before vegetation growth. Water erosion occurred throughout the rainy season, but some intense events produced most of the total annual erosion. Wind caused the largest sediment fluxes leading to both erosion (up to 20 Mg ha-1 yr-1) and deposits (up to 30 Mg ha-1 yr-1) according to the area of the catchment. Water erosion is one order of magnitude lower than wind erosion, and is more intense where wind erosion is the highest. Thus the same area is eroded both by wind and water. Conversely, in areas where there are aeolian deposits, water erosion is low and these areas correspond to fertile islands where vegetation grows. At this study scale, there is no land degradation, but intense dynamics leading to a high spatial variability typical of the Sahelian environment. On this uncultivated area, the dynamics were similar to those recorded in other Sahelian cultivated millet fields. 2005 2016-06-15T04:41:53Z 2016-06-15T04:41:53Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75735 en Open Access Rajot, J.L.; Ribolzi, Olivier; Planchon, O.; Karambiri, H. 2005. Wind and water erosion of non cultivated sandy soils in the Sahel: a case study in northern Burkina Faso, Africa. In International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS); Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD); Thailand. Land Development Department (LDD); International Water Management Institute (IWMI); FAO. Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAO RAP); Khon Kaen University. Faculty of Agriculture. Management of tropical sandy soils for sustainable agriculture: a holistic approach for sustainable development of problem soils in the tropics. Proceedings of the First Symposium on Management of Tropical Sandy Soils for Sustainable Ariculture, Khon Kaen, Thailand, 27 November – 2 December 2005. Bangkok, Thailand: FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAO RAP). pp.175-181. |
| spellingShingle | water erosion wind erosion sedimentation sandy soils grazing lands vegetation rain catchment areas case studies Rajot, J.L. Ribolzi, Olivier Planchon, O. Karambiri, H. Wind and water erosion of non cultivated sandy soils in the Sahel: a case study in northern Burkina Faso, Africa |
| title | Wind and water erosion of non cultivated sandy soils in the Sahel: a case study in northern Burkina Faso, Africa |
| title_full | Wind and water erosion of non cultivated sandy soils in the Sahel: a case study in northern Burkina Faso, Africa |
| title_fullStr | Wind and water erosion of non cultivated sandy soils in the Sahel: a case study in northern Burkina Faso, Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wind and water erosion of non cultivated sandy soils in the Sahel: a case study in northern Burkina Faso, Africa |
| title_short | Wind and water erosion of non cultivated sandy soils in the Sahel: a case study in northern Burkina Faso, Africa |
| title_sort | wind and water erosion of non cultivated sandy soils in the sahel a case study in northern burkina faso africa |
| topic | water erosion wind erosion sedimentation sandy soils grazing lands vegetation rain catchment areas case studies |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75735 |
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