Annual Runoff and Erosion Losses of Humus-Silicate Soil from Two Specific Uses Due to Precipitation in One Part of Western Serbia

• Published in: Polish journal of environmental studies 2007-01, Vol.16 (3), p.433-440
• Main Authors: Sekularac, G, Stojiljkovic, D
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1230-1485

Erosion factors of a part of Western Serbia, that is, different precipitation amounts and intensities, influencing humus-silicate soil formed on the serpentine, with an 18% inclination toward the northwestsoutheast at the altitude of 300 m, enabled quantitative runoff amounts and soil losses of the fallow and of autochthonous vegetation plot to be defined over a three-year study period. Throughout the trial, the mean annual runoff from the fallow plot amounted to 28.75 l times m super(-2), and erosion losses of the soil were 2648.42 g times m super(-2). Mean annual runoff and soil losses from the autochthonous vegetation plot were 12.37 l times m super(-2) and 0.98 g times m super(-2), respectively. The total variability of runoff from the fallow plot due to precipitations was 28.1% and that from the plot under autochthonous vegetation was 0.2%. The total variability of soil losses from the fallow plot, due to precipitation, was 43.6% and that from the plot under autochthonous vegetation was 49%.