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

Table 2

Decision variables and their corresponding dimensions.

Variables	Symbols	Units	Dimensional; symbols; (M, L, T)
Soil erosion		kg/m^2/yr	^−2^−1
Stream size		m^3/s	^3^−1
Furrow length		m
Top width of flow		m
Soil infiltration rate		mm/hr	^−1
Time of flow of water		s
Soil erodibility factor		Kg·hr/Nm^2	^−3^3
Hydraulic shear stress		N/m^2	^−1^−2