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Soil Erosion on Abandoned Land in Andalusia: A Comparison of Interrill- and Rill Erosion Rates

Table 8

Comparison of rill and interrill areas. The erosion values are only valid for the rill areas, not for the rill catchment areas (specific explanation in the text).
 Rills/rill catchmentsInterrill area without gully
Area complete (m²)254/19750100079
Area, vegetation (m²)X/417421912
Area, no vegetation (m²)X/1557678167
Erosion rate (g m−2)1685–3018/X29–143
Erosion quantity (kg)425–762/X2267–11178
Runoff intensity (m³ s−1)0.08–0.13/X0.43–0.65
Runoff intensity per m² (cm s−1)0.03–0.05/X0.0006–0.0008