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These are typical hillslope
shapes.
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Even though the hillslope is
non-uniform, a uniform hillslope is often assumed in RUSLE2 to compute soil
loss on the upper eroding portion of the hillslope.
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Such as approach is often
satisfactory for most conservation planning.
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However, in some cases like
concave:convex hillslope, the entire hillslope needs to be considered to
obtain an accurate soil loss estimate.
Even though deposition occurs on the midpart of this hillslope, the
entire hillslope length has to be considered because of the origin of the
runoff that flows over the lower portion.
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RUSLE2 can be used to
compute soil loss, deposition, and deposition for each of these slope shapes
by dividing the slope into segments.
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