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Soil erosion is the detachment and transport of soil particles by a transporting agent, predominantly water flowing over the soil surface (runoff). In Dogu’a Tembien, millennia of plough-based agriculture, steep topography, population pressure and poverty have contributed to accelerated soil erosion processes.
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Vancampenhout, K., Wondim, G.T., Deckers, J., Poesen, J., Haile, M., Nyssen, J. (2019). Sheet and Rill Erosion and Its Control: Lessons from Dogu’a Tembien. In: Nyssen, J., Jacob, M., Frankl, A. (eds) Geo-trekking in Ethiopia’s Tropical Mountains. GeoGuide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04955-3_21
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