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Universal Soil Loss Equation

"equation used as an erosion index in which soil loss (in short tons per acre) is defined as the mathematical product R K L S C P, where R is the rainfall erosivity index, K the soil erodibility factor, L the slope length factor, S the slope steepness fac

Source: United Nations, Glossary of Environment Statistics

   
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