Rate of gullies growth (a ease of Kursk region)

Abstract

Studies of numerous gullies in the Kursk region and measurement of their annual growth revealed that their evolution was controlled by its own internal regularities. The external factors are only responsible for complex of favorable or unfavorable conditions. The following varieties of coastal gullies are distinguished: active, slowly growing, latent, activated. The active phase is only about 1/4 of the whole duration of the gully erosion cycle.