Cover-Management
Subfactors
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Canopy
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Ground cover
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Surface Roughness
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Ridges
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Below ground biomass
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Live roots, dead roots, buried residue
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Soil consolidation
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Antecedent soil moisture (NWRR only)
RUSLE2 uses a set of subfactors to represent the effect of cover-management on erosion.