Features of the spread of gully erosion on the right bank of the Khoper River (within the Volgograd region)

А. А. Тubalov

doi:10.31857/S0435428122040113

Features of the spread of gully erosion on the right bank of the Khoper River (within the Volgograd region)

А. А. Тubalov

https://doi.org/10.31857/S0435428122040113

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Abstract

The area on the right bank of the river Khoper is in high demand for agroforestry activity. Results of combined geomorphological and landuse analysis of 3800 km² of territory adjacent to Khoper River valley including its 5 tributary basins revealed the areas that need forest reclamation for the most. Results of comparative geomorphological and remotesensing analysis, and field investigations of catchments and interfluve slopes revealed differences in sediment transport and morphometrical parameters for each basin and their relationship to landuse practices. The results show that erosion is more intense on convex and straight interfluve slopes than on the slopes of collective catchments. The mean value of gully partitioning index calculated for the entire sample of interfluve slopes is almost twice the value calculated for the sample of collecting catchments, 0.64 km/km² versus 0.35 km/km², respectively. The obtained data was used to classify agricultural landscape of the study area into for groups; “normal”, “at risk”, “in crisis”, and “disastrous”. Recommendation for best landuse practices aimed to avoid soil erosion were given to each group of the agricultural landscapes.

Keywords

erosion, catchment, inter-girder catchment, forest melioration

About the Author

А. А. Тubalov

FSBI “Federal Scientific Centre of Agroecology, Complex Milioration and Protective Afforestation of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, Volgograd
Russian Federation

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Тubalov А.А. Features of the spread of gully erosion on the right bank of the Khoper River (within the Volgograd region). Geomorfologiya. 2022;53(4):109-124. https://doi.org/10.31857/S0435428122040113