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Rainfall Characteristics and Soil Erosion in the Rainforest Area of Western Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

Guy E. Wilkinson
Guy E. Wilkinson
Affiliation:
Dept. of Soil Science, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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Summary

Precipitation in Western Nigeria is principally from thunderstorms with sharp, high-intensity rainfall peaks. The time of occurrence of the peak intensity period in a rainstorm has an influence on whether or not runoff occurs in smaller storms. Runoff and soil loss on bare, cultivated Iwo soil are closely related to an EI30 erosivity index, modified by the time-position of the peak intensity. The soil erodibility factor in the universal soil-loss equation could be reasonably estimated from easily measured soil parameters.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , October 1975 , pp. 247 - 255
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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