SOIL EROSION MODELLING BY USING GIS REMOTE SENSING: A CASE STUDY, GANOS MOUNTAIN

摘要

This paper focuses on the size of the amount of soil loss because of the erosion in the surrounding area of the Ganos Mountain over Thrace Peninsula region in Turkey. Ganos Mountain is the second highest point in this peninsula. In this study satellite imagery is used to reach rapidly to the actual land use classification. Morgan method is applied to solve the modelling problem of the soil erosion. Geographic information system software named ILWIS and ERDAS Imagine are used to monitor the probable success of the determining method. The question why Morgan method is preferred can be answered by the following explanations made by geologists and agricultural engineers. According to them Morgan method has a more powerful physical fundamental than the USLE method and is easier and more flexible method than the CREAMS method.