Scenario Studies on Effects of Soil Infiltration Rates, Land Slope, and Furrow Irrigation Characteristics on Furrow Irrigation-Induced Erosion

Table 5

Predicted furrow irrigation-induced erosion (t/ha/yr) corresponding to combination of stream sizes, furrow lengths, and field slopes.

Stream size (l/s)	Furrow lengths (m)	Slope (%)
		0.05	0.10	0.15	0.20
0.5	50	0.024	0.047	0.071	0.095
	100	0.016	0.033	0.049	0.066
	150	0.014	0.027	0.041	0.054
	200	0.013	0.026	0.039	0.052
1.5	50	0.030	0.061	0.091	0.121
	100	0.019	0.039	0.058	0.078
	150	0.015	0.030	0.045	0.060
	200	0.014	0.028	0.043	0.057
2.5	50	0.043	0.086	0.128	0.171
	100	0.027	0.053	0.080	0.106
	150	0.020	0.040	0.060	0.080
	200	0.019	0.038	0.056	0.075