Monitoring Soil Erosion Using Geographic Information Systems Technology

摘要

One of the most dangerous forms of ecological imbalance is the problem of soil erosion with large economiceffects and impact on the environment. For this reason particular importance should be given to monitoring a territory,monitoring the main purpose best estimate of the possibility of erosion processes and soil loss calculation. This can beachieved by using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) that allows the creation of models on the occurrence oferosion processes, estimation of results by continuously changing the input parameters easy, storage and spatialtemporaldata analysis and evaluation. Monitoring and evaluation processes of soil erosion is of particular importance asthis may be established ways of preventing and combating erosion processes to eliminate economic, environmental andbringing these lands through the improvement works aside. Following the erosion occurs as a series of consequences:diminishing agricultural production, disrupting the ecological balance, fouling ponds and reservoirs, changing waterpathways, changing land to be turned into productive lands, increasing flood risks etc.