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Soil Loss definition

Soil Loss means the loss of topsoil from historically irrigated lands by air or waterborne erosion, or by noxious weed invasion.
Soil Loss means soil relocated on or removed from a given site by the forces of erosion and the redeposit of the soil at another site on land or in a body of water.
Soil Loss means soil moved from a site by the forces of erosion and redeposited at another site on land or in a body of water.

Examples of Soil Loss in a sentence

  • The site-specific Risk Assessment includes the completion of the hand calculated R value Risk Calculator in the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE).

  • Sedimentation rate can be determined using empirical data, the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation or other methodology.

  • The R-factor is defined as the total annual erosive potential that is due to climatic effects, and is part of the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE).

  • Under this scenario the small construction Project’s rainfall erosivity factor calculation (“R” in the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation) is less than 5 during the period of construction activity.

  • Predicting Soil Erosion by Water: A Guide to Conservation Planning with the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE).

  • Draft user’s reference guide, Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation, 2.

  • RUSLE (Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation) – An erosion prediction technology used to estimate rates of soil erosion caused by rainfall and associated overland flow.

  • Factor K is one of six factors used in the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) and the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) to predict the average annual rate of soil loss by sheet and rill erosion in tons per acre per year.

  • The standards for evaluating sheet, rill, and wind erosion shall be the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation II (RUSLE2) equation or the Wind Erosion Prediction System (WEPS) models published by NRCS.

  • The Universal Soil Loss Equation allows one to calculate the amount of soil loss in units of weight/surface area/year.

Related to Soil Loss

  • Electrical Losses means all electrical losses associated with the transmission of Product to the Delivery Point, including if applicable, but not limited to, any transmission or transformation losses between the CAISO revenue meter and the Delivery Point.

  • Consequential Loss means indirect or consequential loss or damage such as, but not limited to, loss of contract, bargain, expectation, opportunity, profit, production, revenue, anticipated cost reduction or interest payable howsoever caused, arising out of or in connection with this Contract.

  • Loss or “Losses” means any and all losses, costs (including court costs), claims, damages (including fines, penalties, and criminal or civil judgments and settlements), injuries, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys’ fees).

  • Loss or Damage means any loss or damage to the Vehicle, including that caused by theft of the Vehicle or by adverse weather events, that requires repair or replacement including the loss of use of the Vehicle (demurrage), legal expenses, assessment fees, towing and recovery costs, storage, service charges and any appraisal fees of the Vehicle;

  • Severe property damage means substantial physical damage to property, damage to the treatment facilities which would cause them to become inoperable, or substantial and permanent loss of natural resources which can reasonably be expected to occur in the absence of a bypass. Severe property damage does not mean economic loss caused by delays in production.