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Assessment of Yearly Soil Erosion of Ranchi District using RUSLE Integrating Geoinformatics Approach

Preet Lal*, Aniket Prakash**, Alisha Prasad***

*-***Department of Geoinformatics, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India.

Periodicity:August - October'2019
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jfet.15.1.15463

Abstract

Erosion is a physical and chemical breakdown of rock that occur due to weathering phenomenon. This study aimed to estimate soil loss in Ranchi district using Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) model with integrated approach of Geo informatics. RUSLE model uses rainfall and runoff, soil erodibility, slope length, slope steepness, cover and management factor and support practice factor. These factors can be generated using remote sensing satellite data, rainfall product and soil map provided by NBSS and LUP. By using RUSLE model it is observed that soil erosion of Ranchi district is between 2 – 30 tons/hec/yr. Major soil erosion is in Burmu, Angara, Tamar, Bundu, Namkum block of Ranchi district. Maximum area lies between 2 – 5 tons/hec/yr erosion.

Keywords

Soil Erosion; RUSLE; USLE; GIS; Remote Sensing.

How to Cite this Article?

Lal, P., Prakash, A., and Prasad, A.(2019). Assessment of Yearly Soil Erosion of Ranchi District using RUSLE integrating Geo informatics Approach. i-manager’s Journal on Future Engineering and Technology ,15(1), 54-61. https://doi.org/10.26634/jfet.15.1.15463

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