Modeling of Soil Erosion Risk in a Typical Tropical Savannah Landscape

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dc.contributor.authorAsempah, Mawuli
dc.contributor.authorShisanya, Christopher Allan
dc.contributor.authorSchütt, Brigitta
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-03T08:01:23Z
dc.date.available2024-07-03T08:01:23Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-17
dc.descriptionArticleen_US
dc.description.abstractTropical savannah landscapes are faced with high soil degradation due to climate change and variability coupled with anthropogenic factors. However, the spatiotemporal dynamics of this is not sufficiently understood particularly, in the tropical savannah contexts. Using the Wa municipality of Ghana as a case, we applied the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) model to predict the potential and actual soil erosion risk for 1990 and 2020. Rainfall, soil, topography and land cover data were used as the input parameters. The rate of predicted potential erosion was in the range of 0–111 t ha− 1 yr− 1 and 0–83 t ha− 1 yr− 1 for the years 1990 and 2020, respectively. The prediction for the rate of potential soil erosion risk was generally higher than the actual estimated soil erosion risk which ranges from 0 to 59 t ha− 1 yr− 1 in 1990 and 0 to 58 t ha− 1 yr− 1 in 2020. The open savannah areas accounted for 75.8 % and 73.2 % of the total soil loss in 1990 and 2020, respectively. The validity of the result was tested using in situ data from a 2 km2 each of closed savannah, open savannah and settlement area. By statistical correlation, the predicted soil erosion risk by the model corresponds to the spatial extent of erosion damages measured in the selected area for the validation. Primarily, areas with steep slopes, particularly within settlement, were identified to have the highest erosion risk. These findings underscore the importance of vegetation cover and effective management practices in preventing soil erosion. The results are useful for inferences towards the development and implementation of sustainable soil conservation practice in landscapes with similar attributes.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAsempah, M., Shisanya, C. A., & Schütt, B. (2024). Modeling of soil erosion risk in a typical tropical savannah landscape. Scientific African, 23, e02042.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468227623004969?via%3Dihub
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/28403
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier B.Ven_US
dc.subjectErosion risk predictionen_US
dc.subjectPotential erosion risken_US
dc.subjectRUSLE modelen_US
dc.subjectSoil degradationen_US
dc.subjectSoil erosion damageen_US
dc.titleModeling of Soil Erosion Risk in a Typical Tropical Savannah Landscapeen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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