Gully Erosion Studies from India and Surrounding Regions

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxii
 Spatial Extent, Formation Process, Reclaimability Classification System and Restoration Strategies of Gully and Ravine Lands in India  (Gopal Kumar, Partha Pratim Adhikary, Ch. Jyotiprava Dash)....Pages 1-20
 Soil Disintegration Characteristics on Ephemeral Gully Collapsing in Lateritic Belt of West Bengal, India  (Pravat Kumar Shit, Partha Pratim Adhikary)....Pages 21-33
 Modeling of Gully Erosion Based on Random Forest Using GIS and R  (Amiya Gayen, Sk. Mafizul Haque, Sunil Saha)....Pages 35-44
 Geomorphic Threshold and SCS-CN-Based Runoff and Sediment Yield Modelling in the Gullies of Dwarka–Brahmani Interfluve, West Bengal, India  (Sandipan Ghosh, Sanat Kumar Guchhait)....Pages 45-68
 Assessing Gully Asymmetry Based on Cross-Sectional Morphology: A Case of Gangani Badland of West Bengal, India  (Aznarul Islam, Biplab Sarkar, Balai Chandra Das, Suman Deb Barman)....Pages 69-92
 The Potential Gully Erosion Risk Mapping of River Dulung Basin, West Bengal, India Using AHP Method  (Kishor Dandapat, Rajkumar Hazari, Gouri Sankar Bhunia, Pravat Kumar Shit)....Pages 93-107
 Application of Field-Monitoring Techniques to Determine Soil Loss by Gully Erosion in a Watershed in Deccan, India  (Veena U. Joshi)....Pages 109-131
 Gully Erosion Susceptibility Mapping Based on Bayesian Weight of Evidence  (Pravat Kumar Shit, Gouri Sankar Bhunia, Hamid Reza Pourghasemi)....Pages 133-146
 Understanding the Morphology and Development of a Rill-Gully: An Empirical Study of Khoai Badland, West Bengal, India  (Asish Saha, Manoranjan Ghosh, Subodh Chandra Pal)....Pages 147-161
 Estimation of Erosion Susceptibility and Sediment Yield in Ephemeral Channel Using RUSLE and SDR Model: Tropical Plateau Fringe Region, India  (Raj Kumar Bhattacharya, Nilanjana Das Chatterjee, Kousik Das)....Pages 163-185
 Assessment of Potential Land Degradation in Akarsa Watershed, West Bengal, Using GIS and Multi-influencing Factor Technique  (Ujjal Senapati, Tapan Kumar Das)....Pages 187-205
 Using Ground-Based Photogrammetry for Fine-Scale Gully Morphology Studies: Some Examples  (Priyank Pravin Patel, Rajarshi Dasgupta, Sayoni Mondal)....Pages 207-220
 Effects of Grass on Runoff and Gully Bed Erosion: Concentrated Flow Experiment  (Pravat Kumar Shit, Hamid Reza Pourghasemi, Gouri Sankar Bhunia)....Pages 221-233
 Water Flow-Induced Gully Erosion in Himalayan Watershed Cum Plateau and Alluvial Plains  (Anand Verdhen)....Pages 235-250
 Influence of Road-Stream Crossing on the Initiation of Gully: Case Study from the Terai Region of Eastern India  (Suvendu Roy)....Pages 251-263
 Land Degradation Processes of Silabati River Basin, West Bengal, India: A Physical Perspective  (Avijit Mahala)....Pages 265-278
 Assessment of Gully Erosion and Estimation of Sediment Yield in Siddheswari River Basin, Eastern India, Using SWAT Model  (Amit Bera, Bhabani Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Swagata Biswas)....Pages 279-293
 Role of Plant Roots to Control Rill-Gully Erosion: Hydraulic Flume Experiment  (Pravat Kumar Shit, Hamid Reza Pourghasemi, Gouri Sankar Bhunia)....Pages 295-306
 Bamboo-Based Technology for Resource Conservation and Management of Gullied Lands in Central India  (S. Kala, A. K. Singh, B. K. Rao, H. R. Meena, I. Rashmi, R. K. Singh)....Pages 307-319
 Soil Erosion Protection on Hilly Regions Using Plant Roots: An Experimental Insight  (R. Gobinath, G. P. Ganapathy, Isaac I. Akinwumi, E. Prasath, G. Raja, T. Prakash et al.)....Pages 321-335
 Planning, Designing and Construction of Series of Check Dams for Soil and Water Conservation in a Micro-watershed of Gujarat, India  (Deodas Meshram, S. D. Gorantiwar, Saurabh Samadhan Wadne, K. C. Arun Kumar)....Pages 337-343
 Impacts of Gully Erosion on River Water Quality and Fish Resources: A Case Study  (Avijit Kar, Deep Sankar Chini, Manojit Bhattacharya, Basanta Kumar Das, Bidhan Chandra Patra)....Pages 345-355
 Gully Erosion in I. R. Iran: Characteristics, Processes, Causes, and Land Use  (Majid Soufi, Reza Bayat, Amir Hossein Charkhabi)....Pages 357-368
 Factors Affecting Gully-Head Activity in a Hilly Area Under a Semiarid Climate in Iran  (Narges Kariminejad, Mohsen Hosseinalizadeh, Hamid Reza Pourghasemi, Majid Ownegh, Mauro Rossi)....Pages 369-380
 Topographic Threshold of Gully Erosion in Iran: A Case Study of Fars, Zanjan, Markazi and Golestan Provinces  (Majid Soufi, Reza Bayat, Aliakbar Davudirad, Majid Zanjanijam, Hossein Esaei)....Pages 381-392
 A Review on the Gully Erosion and Land Degradation in Iran  (Mohsen Hosseinalizadeh, Mohammad Alinejad, Ali Mohammadian Behbahani, Farhad Khormali, Narges Kariminejad, Hamid Reza Pourghasemi)....Pages 393-403
 Mapping and Preparing a Susceptibility Map of Gully Erosion Using the MARS Model  (Mahdis Amiri, Hamid Reza Pourghasemi)....Pages 405-413
 Gully Erosion Susceptibility Assessment Through the SVM Machine Learning Algorithm (SVM-MLA)  (Hamid Reza Pourghasemi, Amiya Gayen, Sk. Mafizul Haque, Shibiao Bai)....Pages 415-425
 Data Mining Technique (Maximum Entropy Model) for Mapping Gully Erosion Susceptibility in the Gorganrood Watershed, Iran  (Narges Javidan, Ataollah Kavian, Hamid Reza Pourghasemi, Christian Conoscenti, Zeinab Jafarian)....Pages 427-448
 Land Degradation and Community Resilience in Rural Mountain Area of Java, Indonesia  (Iwan Rudiarto, Isna Rahmawati, Anang Wahyu Sejati)....Pages 449-460
 Spatial Analysis and Prediction of Soil Erosion in a Complex Watershed of Cameron Highlands, Malaysia  (Taofeeq Sholagberu Abdulkadir, Raza Ul Mustafa Muhammad, Olayinka Gafar Okeola, Wan Yusof Khamaruzaman, Bashir Adelodun, Saheed Adeniyi Aremu)....Pages 461-477
Back Matter ....Pages 479-480