Not AvailableRESULTS OF A STUDY CONDUCTED AT DEHRADUN DURING 1986-91 ON RUNOFF AND SOIL LOSS ON 1.86 X 22.13 m RUNOFF PLOTS AT 8% SLOPE HAVE BEEN PRESENTED. METHODOLOGY TO ESTIMATE USLE- PARAMETERS IS DESCRIBED. THE AVERAGE RAINFALL EROSION INDEX ( R) FOR DEHRADUN IS 1048 AND SOIL ERODIBILITY FACTOR (K) IS 124 kg/ha /unit OF R. COWPEA COVER EFFECTIVELY REDUCED RUNOFF AND SOIL LOSS BY PROVIDING COVER NEAR THE LAND SURFACE AND AT EARLY STAGES OF CROP GROWTH. SIMILARLY , MANDUA AND JHINGORA , THE NATIVE HILL REGION CROPS, ARE EFFICIENT IN RESPECT OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION. THE CROP MANAGEMENT FACTOR 'C' FOR COWPEA WAS 0.31 AND FOR MANDUA AND JHINGORA WAS 0.17 AND 0.18 , RESPECTIVELY. , WHICH IS CLOSE TO THE 'C' FACTOR FOR GRASS SPECIES. THE INFORMATION ON CANOPY OF DIFFERENT CROPS AND THEIR COMBINATION IS ALSO PRESENTED.Not Availabl
