Variations in runoff and erosion structure within a watershed

Abstract

Spatial and temporal characteristics of surficial runoff and resulting erosion-sedimentation pattern have been analyzed within watersheds of different order. The runoff varies in structure and intensity depending on microzonality and on the array of elementary morphological units on the slope. Some hydrological characteristics of spring runoff have been measured together with sediment yield from watersheds of different order in the Seim drainage basin (the Kursk region) . The data obtained permit to trace variations in the runoff and erosion sedimentation processes from water divide over slopes to the river channel.