Soil erosion modelling
Soil loss determination method consists of two different base
phases. First one is the water phase; second one is the
sedimentation phase. At the water phase kinetic energy of
rainfall, overland flow and annual precipitation values and at the
sedimentation phase rate of soil detachment by raindrop impact
and transport capacity of overland flow values are calculated for
every pixel by generating maps for each input data (Faust,1989).
This predictive model for the assessment of soil erosion risk is
called Morgan model. The input parameters and operating
functions about this model are given below.