Variability of Soil Erosion Intensity Due to Vegetation Cover Changes: Case Study of Orahovacka Rijeka, Montenegro

Authors

  • Gojko NIKOLIC University of Montenegro, Geography, Faculty of Philosophy, D. Bojovica, 81400 Niksic (ME)
  • Velibor SPALEVIC University of Montenegro, Geography, Faculty of Philosophy, Bojovica, 81400 Niksic (ME) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7800-2909
  • Milic CUROVIC University of Montenegro, Forestry, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Montenegro, Podgorica (ME)
  • Abdulvahed KHALEDI DARVISHAN Tarbiat Modares University, Faculty of Natural Resources, Watershed Management, Noor, Iran
  • Goran SKATARIC University of Donja Gorica, Donja Gorica, 81000 Podgorica (ME)
  • Milos PAJIC University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, 6 Nemanjina, 11080 Beograd (RS)
  • Ataollah KAVIAN Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (SANRU), Faculty of Natural Resources, Department of Watershed Management, Sari, Iran
  • Vjekoslav TANASKOVIK Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food, 16-ta Makedonska brigada No. 3, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha47111310

Keywords:

IntErO model, land cover, land use, soil erosion, vegetation

Abstract

Vegetation cover change in all the river basins leads to the changes of hydrologic response, soil erosion and sediment dynamics characteristics. Those changes are often viewed as main cause of anthropogenic and accelerated erosion rates in short term and one of the main reasons of climate change in long term. The effects of vegetation cover changes on various parts of water balance and hydrological cycle has to be deeply studied because of its important role on mankind future. The aim of present research was therefore to simulate the responses of soil erosion processes by using a process-oriented soil erosion model IntErO, with the different settings of land use for the years 1977, 1987, 1997, 2006 (2007) and 2016 (2017) in Orahovacka Rijeka watershed; a pilot river basin of the Polimlje Region for the northeastern part of Montenegro. For the current state of land use, calculated peak discharge for the Orahovacka Rijeka was 174-175 m3 s-1 (the incidence of 100 years) and there is a possibility for large flood waves to appear in the studied basin. Real soil losses, Gyear, were calculated on 2614-2921 m3 year-1, specific 229-256 m3 km-2 year-1 (1977-2017). The value of Z coefficient range from 0.444 to 0.478 and indicates that the river basin belongs to III destruction category. The strength of the erosion process is medium, and according to the erosion type, it is surface erosion. According to our analysis the land use changes in the last 40 years influenced the increase of the soil erosion intensity for 11% in the study watershed. Further studies should be focused on the detailed analysis of the land use changes trends with the other river basins at the national level, closely following responses of soil erosion to the changed land use structure. The results and approach also should be used by policymakers in all national natural resources organizations to highlight the role of management.

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NIKOLIC, G., SPALEVIC, V., CUROVIC, M., KHALEDI DARVISHAN, A., SKATARIC, G., PAJIC, M., KAVIAN, A., & TANASKOVIK, V. (2018). Variability of Soil Erosion Intensity Due to Vegetation Cover Changes: Case Study of Orahovacka Rijeka, Montenegro. Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 47(1), 237–248. https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha47111310

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