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| Author(s): |
Rafael Pires Fernandes
[1]
;
Robson Willians da Costa Silva
[2]
;
Luiz Felippe Salemi
[3]
;
Tatiana Morgan Berteli de Andrade
[4]
;
Jorge Marcos de Moraes
[5]
Total Authors: 5
|
| Affiliation: | [1] USP. Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura - Brasil
[2] USP. Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura - Brasil
[3] USP. Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura - Brasil
[4] USP. Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura - Brasil
[5] Escola de Engenharia de Piracicaba - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 5
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Rev. Ambient. Água; v. 8, n. 3, p. 178-190, 2013-12-00. |
| Abstract | |
Since an understanding of how runoff is generated is of great importance to soil conservation, to water availability and to the management of a watershed, the objective of this study was to understand the generation of surface runoff in a watershed covered by sugarcane and riparian forest. Nine surface runoff plots were set up, evenly distributed on the lower, middle and upper slopes. The lower portion was covered by riparian forest. We showed that the average surface runoff coefficient along the slope in the present study was higher than in other studies under different land uses. Furthermore, the surface runoff was higher under sugarcane compared to the riparian forest, especially after sugarcane harvesting. Besides land cover, other factors such as the characteristics of rainfall events, relief and physical soil characteristics such as soil bulk density and saturated hydraulic conductivity influenced the surface runoff generation. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/00978-5 - Study of organic nitrogen and dissolved organic carbon in the overland flow in small catchments covered with cane sugar |
| Grantee: | Rafael Pires Fernandes |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation |
| FAPESP's process: | 10/20256-1 - Hydrology and nitrogen and carbon dynamics in watersheds covered with sugar cane |
| Grantee: | Jorge Marcos de Moraes |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |