Slope-steepness factor
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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.
