Vulnerability of the watersheds by universal equation of soil loss and thematic integration of morphometric, topographical, hydrological an land use/land cover parameters in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Watersheds delimited in the Rio de Janeiro State were parameterized by means of two methods indicate that a measure of environmental vulnerability, the universal equation of soil loss, which estimates the loss of soil in tones per hectare per year, and thematic integration of morphometric, topograph...

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Main Authors: Mariella Camardelli Uzeda, Maria José Zaroni, Saulo Pedrinha Guimarães, Uebi Jorge Naime, Elaine Cristina Cardoso Fidalgo, Thomaz Correa e Castro Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais em Bacias Hidrográficas (IPABHi) 2009-04-01
Series:Revista Ambiente & Água
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Online Access:http://www.ambi-agua.net/seer/index.php/ambi-agua/article/view/198