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| soil conservation engineering: Soil and Water Conservation Engineering Richard K. Frevert, Glenn Orville Schwab, 1966 Precipitation. Infiltration, evaporation, and transpiration. Runoff. Soil, water, and plant relationships. Soil erosion principles. Wind erosion control. Contouring, strip cropping, and tillage. Vegetated outlets and watercourses. Terracing. Conservation structures. Earth embankments. Headwater flood control. Land granding and forming. Open channels. Subsurface drainage principles. Subsurface drainage design. Installation and maintenance of tile drains. Pumps and pumping. Water resources and their development. Irrigation principles. Surface irrigation. Sprinkler irrigation. Legal aspects of soil and water conservation. |
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| soil conservation engineering: HYDROLOGY AND SOIL CONSERVATION ENGINEERING DAS, GHANSHYAM, 2008-12-29 Streamlined to facilitate student understanding, this second edition, containing the latest techniques and methodologies and some new problems, continues to provide a comprehensive treatment of hydrology of watersheds, soil erosion problems, design and installation of soil conservation practices and structures, hydrologic and sediment yield models, watershed management and water harvesting. It also deals with the special requirements of management of agricultural and forested watersheds. This book is designed for undergraduate students of agricultural engineering for courses in hydrology, and soil and water conservation engineering. It will also be of considerable value to students of agriculture, soil science, forestry, and civil engineering. KEY FEATURES Emphasises fundamentals using numerous illustrations to help students visualise different phenomena Offers lucid presentation of field practices Presents the analysis and design of basic hydraulic structures Devotes an entire chapter to watershed management Provides numerous solved design problems and exercise problems to develop a clear understanding of the theory Gives theoretical questions, and objective type questions with answers to test the students’ understanding. |
| soil conservation engineering: Soil and Water Conservation Engineering Del D. Fangmeier, 2006 This book provides a professional text for undergraduate and graduate agricultural and biological engineering students interested in soil and water conservation in rural and urban areas. Subject matter includes all the engineering students and for others interested in soil and water conservation in rural and urban areas. Subject matter includes all the engineering phases of soil and urban areas. The authors assume that the student has a basic knowledge of calculus, surveying, mechanics, hydraulics, soils, and computers. The analytical approach is emphasized and is supplemented by sufficient field data to illustrate practical applications. The text emphasizes engineering principles in the areas of erosion, drainage, irrigation, and water resources. Tables, charts, and diagrams have been included to provide practicing engineers with readily usable information as well. Many examples and problems are included to emphasize the design principles and to facilitate an understanding of the subject matter. Computer models and software program sources have been described where applicable in the text as well as access to some computer programs and models. In many instances, students will find using a spreadsheet advantageous for reviewing example problems and solving homework problems. |
| soil conservation engineering: Manual of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering Glenn Orville Schwab, 1952 |
| soil conservation engineering: Soil Erosion and Conservation Royston Philip Charles Morgan, 1995-01 Provides comprehensive treatment of soil erosion processes and their control and a practical approach of the design of soil conservation methods. |
| soil conservation engineering: Soil and Water Conservation Engineering , 1955 |
| soil conservation engineering: Principles of Soil Conservation and Management Humberto Blanco-Canqui, Rattan Lal, 2008-09-16 “Principles of Soil Management and Conservation” comprehensively reviews the state-of-knowledge on soil erosion and management. It discusses in detail soil conservation topics in relation to soil productivity, environment quality, and agronomic production. It addresses the implications of soil erosion with emphasis on global hotspots and synthesizes available from developed and developing countries. It also critically reviews information on no-till management, organic farming, crop residue management for industrial uses, conservation buffers (e.g., grass buffers, agroforestry systems), and the problem of hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico and in other regions. This book uniquely addresses the global issues including carbon sequestration, net emissions of CO2, and erosion as a sink or source of C under different scenarios of soil management. It also deliberates the implications of the projected global warming on soil erosion and vice versa. The concern about global food security in relation to soil erosion and strategies for confronting the remaining problems in soil management and conservation are specifically addressed. This volume is suitable for both undergraduate and graduate students interested in understanding the principles of soil conservation and management. The book is also useful for practitioners, extension agents, soil conservationists, and policymakers as an important reference material. |
| soil conservation engineering: Fundamentals of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering S K Gupta, 2020 The textbook titled 'Fundamentals of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering' broadly covers and illustrates basic concepts of soil and water engineering taught to the students of B.Sc. (Agriculture) Honours. Considering the emerging challenges, the scope of the book has been widened to include few chapters that may find place in any future revision of the courses by the Dean's committee. Besides, inclusion of these chapters makes this book a handy guidebook to the students of agricultural engineering. It covers most issues of interest for the students in an easy to understand manner. The textbook has a total of 32 Chapters, divided into four sections. The book begins with a section on Engineering Survey having 10 chapters. Farm development is grouped into five chapters and includes issues such as land levelling, groundwater and pumps, open and underground conveyance systems and farm drainage. The third section on irrigation water management is divided into 6 chapters. The section on soil and water conservation engineering is the largest section divided in 11 chapters. This section can serve as an independent textbook in several universities that have made soil and water conservation engineering a separate one semester course. Objective type questions, glossary of terms and subject index are included. Besides serving as a text book, it will prove to be a handy resource book to conduct specialized training programs on soil and water management. This book will find its due place in the shelves of students and teachers, field functionaries and college libraries of state agricultural universities, deemed universities and engineering colleges. The textbook titled 'Fundamentals of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering' broadly covers and illustrates basic concepts of soil and water engineering taught to the students of B.Sc. (Agriculture) Honours. Considering the emerging challenges, the scope of the book has been widened to include few chapters that may find place in any future revision of the courses by the Dean's committee. Besides, inclusion of these chapters makes this book a handy guidebook to the students of agricultural engineering. It covers most issues of interest for the students in an easy to understand manner. The textbook has a total of 32 Chapters, divided into four sections. The book begins with a section on Engineering Survey having 10 chapters. Farm development is grouped into five chapters and includes issues such as land levelling, groundwater and pumps, open and underground conveyance systems and farm drainage. The third section on irrigation water management is divided into 6 chapters. The section on soil and water conservation engineering is the largest section divided in 11 chapters. This section can serve as an independent textbook in several universities that have made soil and water conservation engineering a separate one semester course. Objective type questions, glossary of terms and subject index are included. Besides serving as a text book, it will prove to be a handy resource book to conduct specialized training programs on soil and water management. This book will find its due place in the shelves of students and teachers, field functionaries and college libraries of state agricultural universities, deemed universities and engineering colleges. |
| soil conservation engineering: Soil and Water Engineering Balram Panigrahi, Megh R. Goyal, 2017-03-03 Modeling aspects have added a new dimension in research innovations in all branches of engineering. In the field of soil and water engineering, they are increasingly used for planning, development, and management of land and water resources, including analysis of quantity and quality parameters of surface and ground water, flood forecasting and control measures, optimum allocation and utilization of irrigation water. The application of these models saves considerable time in decision support systems and helps in conservation and optimum allocations of scarce precious natural resources. |
| soil conservation engineering: Soil and Water Conservation Engineering G O. Schwab, D D. Fangmeier, W J. Elliot, R K. Frevert, 1999 |
| soil conservation engineering: Soil Conservation Norman Hudson, 1972 Man and soil erosion; The mechanics of erosion; The physics of rainfall; The erosivity of rainfall; The erodibility of soil; The principles of mechanical protection; The estimation of surface run-off; The design of mechanical protection works; Land management; Control of werosion by crop management; Gully erosion; Erosion control on non-arable land; Wind erosion and its control; Erosion research methods; Pollution and soil erosion; Appendix 1, 2; indexes. |
| soil conservation engineering: Fundamentals of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering S. K. Gupta, 2020 |
| soil conservation engineering: Soil Conservation António Vieira, António José Bento Gonçalves, 2021 Along its existence, humans have used Earth resources in a reckless way, having little consideration for its importance, and for the future generations and their needs. Considering the complexity of this subject, and the extreme difficulty of analyzing all aspects of soil degradation, the Editors nonetheless gather here some contributions, each one addressing different soil conservation problems, strategies or methodologies, trying to add some contributions for the understanding of the overall problem of soil degradation and conservation in the world. The seven chapters that comprise this book address topics related to soil degradation and conservation strategies, presenting some cases and methodological approaches, in different parts of the world, promoting scientific research developed with the objective of contributing to a better knowledge of the problem and to help in its mitigation-- |
| soil conservation engineering: Soil Erosion Terrence J. Toy, George R. Foster, Kenneth G. Renard, 2002-05-27 A thorough look at physical properties of soil erosion Soil erosion has been responsible for billions of dollars of damage during the past thirty years, in the United States alone. Soil Erosion provides complete coverage of the physical causes, processes, and effects of this environmental problem from its origins to planning for future conservation and remediation. This book focuses on the process of soil erosion and erosion-control principles independent of land use. Coverage includes the primary factors that influence soil erosion, various types of erosion, erosion-prediction technology, erosion measurements, erosion and sediment control, and conservation of the land. Practical material on erosion models is featured along with ways to use these models as erosion-control tools. Details of conservation planning and government policy are presented in a historical context, supported by examples of working public programs and technical tools for conservation planning. End-of-chapter summaries and comprehensive appendices on soils, hydrology, and soil-erosion Web sites make this a complete and easy-to-use introduction to soil-erosion processes, prediction, measurement, and control. Supplemented with more than 100 photographs, drawings, and tables, Soil Erosion: Processes, Prediction, Measurement, and Control is an essential book for students of soil management, erosion, conservation, earth science, civil engineering, and agriculture; employees of soil conservation districts; government employees in the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Forest Service, USDA, EPA, and Bureau of Land Management; and soil scientists. |
| soil conservation engineering: Soil Conservation Service Curve Number (SCS-CN) Methodology S.K. Mishra, V.P. Singh, 2013-03-14 The Soil Conservation Service (SCS) curve number (CN) method is one of the most popular methods for computing the runoff volume from a rainstorm. It is popular because it is simple, easy to understand and apply, and stable, and accounts for most of the runoff producing watershed characteristics, such as soil type, land use, hydrologic condition, and antecedent moisture condition. The SCS-CN method was originally developed for its use on small agricultural watersheds and has since been extended and applied to rural, forest and urban watersheds. Since the inception of the method, it has been applied to a wide range of environments. In recent years, the method has received much attention in the hydrologic literature. The SCS-CN method was first published in 1956 in Section-4 of the National Engineering Handbook of Soil Conservation Service (now called the Natural Resources Conservation Service), U. S. Department of Agriculture. The publication has since been revised several times. However, the contents of the methodology have been nonetheless more or less the same. Being an agency methodology, the method has not passed through the process of a peer review and is, in general, accepted in the form it exists. Despite several limitations of the method and even questionable credibility at times, it has been in continuous use for the simple reason that it works fairly well at the field level. |
| soil conservation engineering: Soil and Water Conservation Engineering Rodney L. Huffman, 2011 |
| soil conservation engineering: Soil and Water Conservation Engineering Richard K. Frevert, 1955 |
| soil conservation engineering: Introduction To Soil And Water Conservation Engineering Bimal Chandra Mal, 2005-01-01 |
| soil conservation engineering: Soil and Water Conservation Engineering Glenn O.. Schwab, Richard Keller Frevert, Talcott W. Edminster, Kenneth Kirkland Barnes, 1966 |
| soil conservation engineering: Introduction to Soil and Water Conservation Engineering Bimal Chandra Mal, 1995 |
| soil conservation engineering: Soil and Water Conservation Engineering Fangmeier, 2004-07-01 |
| soil conservation engineering: Soil Erosion, Conservation, and Rehabilitation Menachem Agassi, 2023-05-31 Discusses the latest information regarding the processes and mechanisms responsible for runoff and erosion by water in arable lands--detailing state-of-the-art water and soil conservation methods. Elucidates the rehabilitation of agricultural lands depleted by human activity. |
| soil conservation engineering: Soil and Water Conservation Structures Design Rajendra Singh, 2023-01-31 The book is designed to serve as a textbook for graduate and undergraduate courses on soil and water conservation engineering for students of agricultural engineering, civil engineering, environmental engineering and related disciplines. The book presents the basics of soil and water erosion, and describes the measures to control erosion, focusing on structures to prevent and control erosion. The chapters dedicated to erosion control structures provide a detailed view of each structural construction, covering the function, design and elements of each type of structure. Some common type of structures covered in the book are terrace, bunds, vegetated waterways, and gully control structures, including spillways. The book also covers wind erosion and control structures to prevent wind erosion. Each chapter includes pedagogical elements such as examples, practice questions, and multiple-choice-type questions to improve understanding and aid in self-study. Besides serving as a textbook university coursework, the book can also serve as a supplementary or primary text for professional development courses for practicing engineers engaged in soil and water conservation or watershed management. The book will also serve as a reference for professionals, environmental consultants, and policy makers engaged in soil and water conservation related fields. |
| soil conservation engineering: Soil and Water Conservation Engineering Schwab Glenn O., Fangmeier Delmar D., Elliot Willian, 2002 |
| soil conservation engineering: Introduction to Soil and Water Conservation Engineering Bimal Chandra Mal, 1995 |
| soil conservation engineering: Projects in Soil and Water Conservation: Engineering United States. Soil Conservation Service. Upper Mississippi Valley Region, 1937 |
| soil conservation engineering: Sustaining the Soil Chris Reij, Ian Scoones, Calmilla Toulmin, 2013-11-19 Indigenous soil and water conservation practices are rarely acknowledged in the design of conventional development projects. Instead, the history of soil and water conservation in Africa has been one of imposing external solutions without regard for local practice. There is a remarkably diverse range of locally developed and adapted technologies for the conservation of water and soil, well suited to their particular site and socio-economic conditions. But such measures have been ignored, and sometimes even overturned, by external solutions. Sustaining the Soil documents farmers' practices, exploring the origins and adaptations carried out by farmers over generations, in response to changing circumstances. Through a comparative analysis of conservation measures - from the humid zones of West Africa to the arid lands of the Sudan, from rock terraces in Morocco to the grass strips of Swaziland - the book explores the various factors that influence adoption and adaptation; farmers' perceptions of conservation needs; and the institutional and policy settings most favorable to more effective land husbandry. For the first time on an Africa-wide scale, this book shows that indigenous techniques work, and are being used successfully to conserve and harvest soil and water. These insights combine to suggest new ways forward for governments and agencies attempting to support sustainable land management in Africa, involving a fusion of traditional and modern approaches, which makes the most of both the new and the old. |
| soil conservation engineering: Engineering Field Manual for Conservation Practices , 1979 |
| soil conservation engineering: SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION ENGINEERING, 4TH ED Glenn O. Schwab, Delmar D. Fangmeier, William J. Elliot, Richard K. Frevert, 2009-05-01 About The Book: This book combines engineering practices for the solution of erosion and flood control, drainage and irrigational problems. Sufficient hydrologic information--precipitation, infiltration, evaporation, transpiration and runoff--is given as background for design problems discussed later. The text makes readers aware that the environment must be considered in the design of soil and water facilities. It also features many example problems, with detailed solutions, to facilitate learning. |
| soil conservation engineering: Engineering Field Manual for Conservation Practices United States. Soil Conservation Service, 1975 |
| soil conservation engineering: Experimental Erosion Xiangzhou Xu, Tongxin Zhu, Hongwu Zhang, Lu Gao, 2020-05-04 This book is the first to systematically explore experimental erosion by integrating theory, erosion observations, and conservation applications. Although numerous books have been published on soil erosion both in English and in Chinese, none has concentrated on experimental studies on the Loess Plateau of China, in an attempt to establish a new sub-discipline: experimental erosion. One main objective of this book is to highlight monitoring and modeling methods for soil scientists who design and conduct experimental studies on soil loss. Another objective, and the most important one, is to make the results of these experiments more generally available. Accordingly, we have gathered and integrated a broad range of experimental results, both published and unpublished. In-depth discussions of the experimental data and new data processing methods are also included. The work covered here represents exemplary studies in the field of soil erosion and conservation, while the new methods and findings presented will provide practical guidance for controlling soil erosion. Hence the book offers a valuable resource for graduate students, soil erosion scientists and engineers, and soil and water conservationists. |
| soil conservation engineering: Soil and Water Conservation Handbook Paul W. Unger, 2006-10-23 Save time and effort with this practical guide to all aspects of water and soil conservation Soil and Water Conservation Handbook is a concise, compact encyclopedia of the policies, practices, conditions, and terms related to soil and/or water conservation. This handy A-to-Z guide contains descriptions of more than 700 entries, presente |
| soil conservation engineering: Handbook on Major Engineering Practices for Soil and Water Conservation in Mississippi Mississippi. State Advisory Committee on Soil Conservation. Engineering Sub-Committee, 1945* |
| soil conservation engineering: Manual of Soil and Water Conservation Practices Gurmel Singh, 1990 This manual provides soil and water conservationists with the information they need to efficiently plan and implement soil and water conservation programmes. It is designed primarily for planners, executors, designers, and postgraduate students. It includes formal specifications, charts, and drawings that can be used as a reference in planning and applying soil and water conservation practices. |
| soil conservation engineering: Sustainable Agriculture and Soil Conservation Mirko Castellini, Concetta Eliana Gattullo, Anna Maria Stellacci, 2021-12-27 Soil degradation is one of the most topical environmental threats. A number of processes causing soil degradation, specifically erosion, compaction, salinization, pollution, and loss of both organic matter and soil biodiversity, are also strictly connected to agricultural activity and its intensification. The development and adoption of sustainable agronomic practices able to preserve and enhance the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soils and improve agroecosystem functions is a challenge for both scientists and farmers. The Special Issue entitled Sustainable Agriculture and Soil Conservation collects 12 original contributions addressing the state of the art of sustainable agriculture and soil conservation. The papers cover a wide range of topics, including organic agriculture, soil amendment and soil organic carbon (SOC) management, the impact of SOC on soil water repellency, the effects of soil tillage on the quantity of SOC associated with several fractions of soil particles and depth, and SOC prediction, using visible and near-infrared spectra and multivariate modeling. Moreover, the effects of some soil contaminants (e.g., crude oil, tungsten, copper, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) are discussed or reviewed in light of the recent literature. The collection of the manuscripts presented in this Special Issue provides a relevant knowledge contribution for improving our understanding on sustainable agriculture and soil conservation, thus stimulating new views on this main topic. |
| soil conservation engineering: Hydrology and Soil Conservation Engineering Das G., 2000 |
| soil conservation engineering: Mechanics of Wind Erosion J. H. Stallings, United States. Soil Conservation Service, 1951 |
| soil conservation engineering: Fundamentals Of Soil And Water Conservation Engineering B.P. Sawant, 2010-08-25 |
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What is Soil? - BYJU'S
An estimated 70 percent of the earth’s surface is covered with water, while the remaining 30 per cent constitutes land. The layer of the earth that is composed of soil and is influenced by the …
Soil - Wikipedia
Soil, also commonly referred to as earth, is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, water, and organisms that together support the life of plants and soil organisms. Some scientific …
Soil | Definition, Importance, Types, Erosion, Composition, & Facts ...
May 16, 2025 · Soil is one of the principal substrata of life on Earth, serving as a reservoir of water and nutrients, as a medium for the filtration and breakdown of injurious wastes, and as a …
What is Soil? - Natural Resources Conservation Service
Soils perform vital functions to sustain plant and animal life, regulate water flow, filter and buffer pollutants, cycle nutrients, and provide physical stability and sort. This definition is from the …
Soil- Definition, Composition, Properties, Types and Uses
Mar 25, 2022 · What is Soil? Composition of Soil. Physical & Chemical Properties of Soil. Types of Soil- Sandy, Clay, Silt and Loam Soil. Functions of Soil.
What Are Soils? | Learn Science at Scitable - Nature
Soil is a material composed of five ingredients — minerals, soil organic matter, living organisms, gas, and water. Soil minerals are divided into three size classes — clay, silt, and sand...
Learn about Soil Types | NESDIS | National Environmental Satellite ...
Soil Type Soil is an important component of life that many of us take for granted. Without healthy soil we can’t grow healthy food. Plants need thick, fluffy, nutrient rich soil to thrive. Farmers …
What is soil? | ISRIC
Soil is sometimes referred to as the ‘skin of the earth’. Soils develop over time under the influence of chemical, physical and biological processes. They develop where rocks and sediments …
Soil Composition and Types - Geology Science
Oct 31, 2024 · Understanding soil composition and types is essential for sustainable agriculture, land management, and environmental conservation. This article delves deeper into the …
DOE Explains...Soil - Department of Energy
Soil is a complex mixture of organic material, minerals, air, and water. It ranges from sandy, ocean-weathered beaches to soggy peat bogs and permafrost soils. Soils are a vital …
What is Soil? - BYJU'S
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