Abstract
Abstract: A comprehensive methodology that integrates Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) model and Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques was adopted to determine that soil erosion vulnerability of micro-watershed in J&K India. The spatial pattern of annual soil erosion rate was obtained by integrating geo-environmental variables in a raster based GIS method. GIS data layers including, rainfall erosivity (R). Soil erodibility (K), slope length and steepness (LS), cover management (C) and conservation Practice (P) factors were computed to determine their effect on average annual soil loss in the area. The resultant map of annual soil erosion shows maximum soil loss of 2.9246 t h Y with a close relation to grass land area, agricultural lands and orchards (with low LS) . The spatial erosion maps generated with RUSLE method and GIS can serve as effective inputs in deriving strategies for land planning management in the environmentally sensitive agricultural areas.
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