
<strong>Paper Title</strong><br>
Spatial Distribution Patterns of Soil Lost by Splash Erosion<br>
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<strong>Abstract</strong><br>
Accuracy in assessment of soil loses by splash erosion is very important for analyzing and evaluating the
interactions among the factors affecting on soil erosion. The objective of this study was to define spatial distribution patterns
of soil lost by splash erosion. Water Sensitive Papers (WSP) were used to assess the sizes and the numbers of drops (with or
without soil particles) splashed by artificial rainfall with a constant intensity of 40 mm h-1. The distribution patterns of
splashed material were performed using geostatistical analysis. The amount of soil lost by splash erosion was higher in
loamy textured Fluvaquent soil (0.312±0.760 g m-2) as compared with the clay textured Pellustert (0.215±0.487 g m-2) and
sandy-loam textured Ustorthent soils (0.192±0.411 g m-2). The Gaussion and spherical models produced the best fit model
for characterizing the spatial distribution patterns of splash erosion. The highest splash rate was obtained in the slope
direction (49%).
Keywords - WSPs, spatial variability, splash erosion, rainfall simulator