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Ridge up and down increase
soil loss.
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Soil loss increases with
ridge height up to about eight inches.
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The increase in soil loss
begins to decrease as land slope becomes greater than 6% and disappears by a
land slope of about 20%.
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Ridge height decays with
rainfall and interrill erosion and thus the ridge effect decreases over time.
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Effect ranges from about 1.5
(ridges increase soil loss from unit plot condition) for high ridges to about
0.9 for a flat surface.
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Unit plot is assumed to have
some ridge height, which is the reason for the 0.9 value.
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Ridges on the contour reduce
soil loss.
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The effect of ridges
increasing soil loss decreases as relative row grade decreases.
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