An erosion process on sloping fields in which numerous and randomly occurring small channels of only several centimetres in depth are formed; occurs mainly on recently cultivated soils.
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(2011). Rill Erosion. In: Gliński, J., Horabik, J., Lipiec, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Agrophysics. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3585-1_798
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