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Not AvailableTHE SEDIMENT DISPOSITION AGAINST EARTH- CUM BRICK MASONRY CHECK DAMS 1.20m FALL WERE STUDIED IN THE FIVE RAVINOUS SUBCATCHMENTS HAVING AN AREA OF 2.10 ha TO 17.66 ha. THE RESULTS SHOW THAT THE SUB CATCHMENT HAVING HIGH UPSTREAM BED SLOPE GIVES HIGH SEDIMENT YIELD AND , THEREFORE , FALL REQUIREMENT OF CHECKDAM WILL BE MORE. THE AVERAGE TRAPPED SEDIMENTATION MEASURED FROM THE TWO- SUB- WATERSHEDS HAVING AGRICULTURAL CROP IN TABLE LAND AS WELL AS IN GULLY BED IS 24.51 cu m/ha/year. THE AVERAGE SEDIMENT DEPOSITION FROM SAME- SUB- WATERSHEDS HAVING AGRICULTURAL CROP IN TABLE AND NATURAL REGENERATION IN GULLY BED IS 4.20 cu m /ha/year. THE FALL REQUIREMENT OF CHECK DAMS WERE ALSO SUGGESTED IN THE PAPER.Not Availabl