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Rates and spatial variations of soil erosion in Europe: A study based on erosion plot data
Olivier Cerdan
1
G. Govers
2
Yves Le Bissonnais
3
K. van Oost
4
J. Poesen
2
Nicolas Saby
5
A. Gobin
2
A. Vacca
6
J. Quinton
7
K. Auerswald
8
A. Kliks
9
J. P. M. Kwaad
Damien Raclot
3
I. Ionita
10
J. Rejman
11
S. Rousseva
12
T. Muxart
13
M.J. Roxo
14
T. Dostal
15
Damien Raclot 3
Auteur IdHAL : damien-raclot ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6445-6168
I. Ionita 10
Auteur
J. Rejman 11
Auteur
S. Rousseva 12
Auteur
2
Physical and Regional Geography Research Group, Department of Geography (Belgique)
- UCL - Université Catholique de Louvain (Place de l'Université 1 - 1348 Louvain-La-Neuve - Belgique)
3
UMR LISAH - Laboratoire d'étude des Interactions Sol - Agrosystème - Hydrosystème (Bâtiment 24
2 place Pierre Viala
34060 Montpellier cedex 1
France - France)
- IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (Siège Le Sextant 44, bd de Dunkerque CS 90009 13572 Marseille cedex 02 - France)
- INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (France)
- Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (2, place Pierre Viala - 34060 Montpellier Cedex 02 - France)
- Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (2, place Viala 34060 Montpellier Cédex 2 - France)
4
Département de Géographie (3 Place Louis Pasteur, Louvain-la-Neuve - Belgique)
- UCL - Université Catholique de Louvain (Place de l'Université 1 - 1348 Louvain-La-Neuve - Belgique)
5
InfoSol - InfoSol (2163, avenue de la Pomme de Pin
CS 40001
45075 ORLEANS CEDEX 2 - France)
- INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique : UA1106 (France)
6
Dipartimento di scienze della Terra (Italie)
- Universita degli Studi di Cagliari [Cagliari] (Via Università, 40, 09124 Cagliari - Italie)
7
Catchment and Aquatic Processes (Royaume-Uni)
- Lancaster University (Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4YW - Royaume-Uni)
8
Lehrstuhl für Grünlandlehre (Allemagne)
- TUM - Technische Universität München [München] (Arcisstraße 21, 80333 München - Allemagne)
9
Atmosphere and Environment Institute of Hydraulics and Rural WaterManagement (A-1190 Vienna - Autriche)
10
CRSSEC - Central Research Station for Soil Erosion Control (CRSSEC, P.O. Box 1, 6400 Barlad - Roumanie)
11
PAS - Institute of Agrophysics (str. Doswiadczalna 4, Lublin - Pologne)
- Institute of Agrophysics (France)
13
LGP - Laboratoire de géographie physique : Environnements Quaternaires et Actuels (bat. Y 1 Place Aristide Briand 92195 MEUDON CEDEX - France)
- UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (12 place du Panthéon - 75231 Paris Cedex 05 - France)
- UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 : UMR8591 (61 avenue du Général de Gaulle - 94010 Créteil cedex - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR8591 (France)
14
Development Geography at the Geography and Regional Planning Department, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences (Portugal)
- University of Lisbon (Portugal)
15
Dept. of Irrigation, Drainage and Landscape Engineering (Prague 6, 16629 - République tchèque)
- FSV CTU - Faculty of Civil Engineering [Prague] (Czech Technical University in Prague,
Fakulta stavební, Thákurova 7, 166 29 Praha 6 - Dejvice
Česká republika - République tchèque)
- CTU - Czech Technical University in Prague (České vysoké učení technické v Praze Zikova 1903/4 166 36 Praha 6 Česká republika - République tchèque)
Abstract : An extensive database of short to medium-term erosion rates as measured on erosion plots in Europe under natural rainfallwas compiled fromthe literature. Statistical analysis confirmed the dominant influence of land use and cover on soil erosion rates. Sheet and rill erosion rates are highest on bare soil; vineyards show the second highest soil losses, followed by other arable lands (spring crops, orchards and winter crops). A land with a permanent vegetation cover (shrubs, grassland and forest) is characterised by soil losses which are generally more than an order of magnitude lower than those on arable land. Disturbance of permanent vegetation by fire leads to momentarily higher erosion rates but rates are still lower than those measured on arable land.We also noticed important regional differences in erosion rates. Erosion rates are generally much lower in the Mediterranean as compared to other areas in Europe; this is mainly attributed to the high soil stoniness in the Mediterranean.Measured erosion rates on arable and bare landwere related to topography (slope steepness and length) and soil texture, while thiswas not the case for plots with a permanent land cover. We attribute this to a fundamental difference in runoff generation and sediment transfer according to land cover types. On the basis of these resultswe calculated mean sheet and rill erosion rates for the European area covered by the CORINE database: estimated rill and interrill erosion rates are ca. 1.2 t ha−1 year−1 for the whole CORINE area and ca. 3.6 t ha−1 year−1 for arable land. These estimates are much lower than some earlier estimates which were based on the erroneous extrapolation of small datasets. High erosion rates occur in areas dominated by vineyards, the hilly loess areas in West and Central Europe and the agricultural areas located in the piedmont areas of the major European mountain ranges.
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- HAL Id : hal-00556524, version 1
- DOI : 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.06.011
- PRODINRA : 36315
- WOS : 000281181800013
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Olivier Cerdan, G. Govers, Yves Le Bissonnais, K. van Oost, J. Poesen, et al.. Rates and spatial variations of soil erosion in Europe: A study based on erosion plot data. Geomorphology, Elsevier, 2010, 122 (1-2), p. 167-177. ⟨10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.06.011⟩. ⟨hal-00556524⟩
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