The Effect Of Slope On The Erosion Coefficient Of Umingan, Maasin And Malitbog Clays

Vincent Christian  D. Quimbo,; Alan  L. Presbitero,

The Effect Of Slope On The Erosion Coefficient Of Umingan, Maasin And Malitbog Clays

Alan L. Presbitero | Vincent Christian D. Quimbo

Abstract:

The effect of percent slopes on the erosion coefficient of Umingan, Maasin and Malitbog clays was found to be highly significant. For all the soil types, erosion coefficient had a positive relationship with the slope. Third degree polynomial equations described the slope-erosion coefficient relationship for Umingan and Malitbog clays, and quadratic equation for Maasin clay. Umingan clay had the highest erosion coefficient at all slope levels, i.e. from 2.5 to 50% at an increment of 2.5%, while Malitbog clay had a higher coefficient than Maasin clay only at slopes > 17%.

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