Abstract
The Idah-Ankpa Plateau (IAP) of north central Nigeria is beset by land degradation in the form of gullies. The proliferation of gullies on this plateau landscape has been spectacular and aggravated since the end of the Nigerian Civil War in 1970 (ECAN 1982). On the IAP, gullies scarify urban and agricultural lands and silt up streams and reservoirs, thus damaging the productive and aesthetic qualities of the environment. Tackling the gully erosion problem requires adequate information on the causative factors of this environmental phenomenon. Oparaku et al. (2015) carried out a study of the land degradation problems of the IAP and reported that many urban drainage structures, high-value buildings, roadside drains, and culverts have been lost to gully erosion at Ankpa, Dekina, Ayangba, Ofu, and Ogwulawo.
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