Field block map for erosion risk (Federal Office for Agriculture)

Bircher, Pascal; Liniger, Hanspeter; Prasuhn, Volker (2019). Field block map for erosion risk (Federal Office for Agriculture) [Map]. In: Feldblockkarte zum Erosionsrisiko (Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft). Bern: Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft

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Field blocks are coherent, agriculturally productive areas surrounded by relatively stable external boundaries that can be identified in the field (e.g. forest, roads, built-up areas, bodies of water, ditches). The topographic landscape model TLM3D forms the basis for their calculation. A field block therefore constitutes a closed hydrological catchment area in which all of the pixels can be hydrologically connected, and can thus have an influence on one another in terms of erosion. Other field blocks or areas outside of a field block cannot influence water flows or erosion within a field block in the model. The inflow of water from outside is therefore not possible in the model. The minimum size of a field block is set at 2500 square metres. The best way for the responsible authorities to monitor erosion on arable land is to inspect field blocks in the priority regions. The erosion risk must be recalculated if the size of the field block changes, e.g. if new tracks are built or hedges are planted or removed.

Item Type:

Audiovisual Material & Event (Map)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > Geographies of Sustainability > Unit Land Systems and Sustainable Land Management (LS-SLM)
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > Geographies of Sustainability
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography
10 Strategic Research Centers > Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Graduate School:

International Graduate School North-South (IGS North-South)

UniBE Contributor:

Bircher, Pascal, Liniger, Hans Peter

Subjects:

900 History > 910 Geography & travel
500 Science > 550 Earth sciences & geology

Publisher:

Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft

Language:

German

Submitter:

Pascal Bircher

Date Deposited:

12 Dec 2019 08:21

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:32

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URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/134980

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