Browse

Soil erosion is the most serious soil degradation on the territory of Bulgaria. Estimated average annual potential soil loss from sheet water erosion in Bulgaria amounts to 902.5 million tonnes. Over 68% of the territory of the administrative region of Kardzhali (East Rhodopes) is characterised by risk of sheet water erosion exceeding 100 t/ha y. The paper presents assessments of susceptibility to erosion of soils in the catchment of the Dzhebelska River (Eastern Rhodopes). The assessments are based on the USLE ap...