ABSTRACT
The land use influences erosion, and in general, on roads in reforested areas, soil, water and chemical element losses are high. This study had as objective to quantify soil, water and nutrient losses proceeded by erosion during 17 months, on natural rain, on a road in an area of pine reforestation. The study was performed in Campo Belo do Sul,/SC state, Florestal Gateados Ltda, in a typical 'Nitossolo Háplico'. Water and soil samples were obtained with the use of a Coshocton wheel. Soil loss reached 19.65 t ha-1while water loss was equivalent to 37% of the rainfall during the experiment. There was a linear and positive correlation between rainfall height and water loss by run-off, between rainfall height and soil loss by erosion, and between soil loss and water loss by water erosion. The contents of the chemical elements studied were high, in general, in sediments of water erosion, superior to the content found on the topsoil from where erosion had origin, and much superior to those ones found on runoff. So, for systems of land use where the sediment loss is high, as for forestry roads, losses of nutrients caused by water erosion are more related to sediment loss than water loss.
Keywords:
soil erosion; Coshocton wheel; forest roads
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