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This figure is a plot of
soil loss values for different slope shapes.
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The average steepness is the
same for three slope shapes.
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Values less than zero for
the concave shape are deposition.
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Note that maximum erosion
rate on the concave slope is about the same for both the uniform and concave
slope although sediment yield from the concave slope is much less than
sediment yield from the uniform slope.
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Note that maximum erosion
rate for the uniform and convex slope occurs at the end of the slope.
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Maximum erosion rate on the
convex slope is much higher than maximum erosion rate on either the uniform
or concave slopes.
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