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RUSLE2 estimates sediment
yield and sediment characteristics from overland slopes, low grade terrace
type channels, and small sediment basins.
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RUSLE2 sediment yield
estimates are not estimates of sediment yield from fields unless the slope
length ends at the edge of field.
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Remember: RUSLE2 is designed
to capture main effects.
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RUSLE2 should be used to
design sediment basins or channels.
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RUSLE2 does not estimate
ephemeral gully erosion. While
ephemeral gully erosion within field sized areas is a critical element in
conservation planning, the benefits of controlling ephemeral gully erosion
are not explicitly considered in RUSLE2.
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Also, runoff management and
disposal from field-sized areas is critically important. RUSLE2 is not designed to determine all of
the benefits of runoff management in a field-sized area, even though it is a
critically important part of conservation planning.
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