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| − | '''Slope-steepness factor''' or S factor – USLE is the ratio of soil loss from the field slope gradient to that from a 9 percent slope under otherwise identical conditions. Used in Universal soil loss equation (USLE) calculations of sheet and rill erosion. | + | '''Slope-steepness factor''' or S factor – USLE is the ratio of [[soil]] loss from the field slope gradient to that from a 9 percent slope under otherwise identical conditions. Used in Universal soil loss equation (USLE) calculations of sheet and rill erosion. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
[http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/NRI/1997/summary_report/glossary.html List of USDA terminology] <br> | [http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/NRI/1997/summary_report/glossary.html List of USDA terminology] <br> | ||
[[Category:Agriculture]] | [[Category:Agriculture]] | ||
Revision as of 04:10, November 13, 2007
Slope-steepness factor or S factor – USLE is the ratio of soil loss from the field slope gradient to that from a 9 percent slope under otherwise identical conditions. Used in Universal soil loss equation (USLE) calculations of sheet and rill erosion.
