Estimating Erosion in a Riverine Watershed Bayou Liberty-Tchefuncta River in Louisiana

摘要

Goal, Scope, Background. Sheet erosion from agricultural, forest and urban lands may increase stream sediment loads as well as transport other pollutants that adversely affect water quality, reduce agricultural and forest production, and increase infrastructure maintenance costs. This study uses spatial analysis techniques and a numerical modeling approach to predict areas with the greatest sheet erosion potential given different soils disturbance scenarios.