Modelling Furrow Irrigation-Induced Erosion on a Sandy Loam Soil in Samaru, Northern Nigeria

Table 1

Variables considered in the model development.

Variables	Symbols	Units	Dimensional; symbols
Soil erosion		Kg/m^2/yr	^−2^−1
Stream size		m^3/s	^−3^−1
Slope		%
Furrow lengths		m
Top widths of flow		m
Hydraulic radius		m
Infiltration rate		mm/hr	^−1
Time of flow		sec
Flow velocity		m/s	^−1
Manning’s roughness coefficient		sec/m^1/3	^−1/3
Acceleration due to gravity		m/s^2	^−2
Density of water	,	kg/m^3	^−3
Soil particle density	,	kg/m^3	^−3