3.1. Soil erosion hazard and changes
Two soil erosion maps of the study area based on the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) was obtained (Fig. 2). The erosion maps of the study area show that the erosion loss varies from 0 – 118.9 t/ha/yr in 1992 and from 0 – 121.6 t/ha/yr in 2009.