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Mechanical disturbance of
the soil such tillage increases soil erosion.
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The increase is assumed to
be almost double.
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Some of the increase is
usually offset by roughness.
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Wetting and drying cycles
increase soil resistance to erosion.
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About seven years is the
time assumed for soil to fully regain it resistance after tillage.
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RUSLE2 computes a long time
in the Western US as a function of rainfall.
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The effect is greater for
rill erosion than for interrill erosion.
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The effect is related to
soil texture, being less for coarse textured soils.
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RUSLE2 doesn’t consider the
textural effect.
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