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Table 6 Mean values of annual soil erosion loss under different land uses in t/ha/year

From: Landscape pattern analysis using GIS and remote sensing to diagnose soil erosion and nutrient availability in two agroecological zones of Southern Mali

Landuse

land cover

Bougouni

Koutiala

Erosion rate

2015

2019

2015

2019

Bougouni

Koutiala

Mean

Std

Mean

Std

Mean

Std

Mean

Std

Mean

Mean

Agriculture

7.8

2.3

3.7

2.28

7.22

2.43

5.14

3.71

− 4.1

− 2.08

Settlements

0.21

1.09

2.61

3.24

0.04

0.01

1.38

2.46

2.4

1.34

S W

0.08

0.06

1.21

3.91

0.10

0.16

0.94

2.05

1.13

0.84

Bare soil

17.53

5.82

2.87

3.16

14.90

8.91

3.11

4.14

− 14.66

− 11.78

NV

0.42

0.1

0.79

1.6

1.82

4.19

0.38

0.09

0.37

− 1.43

Water

0.00

0.00

0.15

0.71

0.01

0.06

0.23

0.54

0.15

0.22

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