Does WEPP meet the specificity of soil erosion in steep mountain regions

Does WEPP meet the specificity of soil erosion in steep mountain regions? N. Konz, D. Bänninger, M. Nearing, and C. Alewell Institute of Environmental Geosciences, University of Basel, Bernoullistrasse 30, 4056 Basel, Switzerland United States Dept. of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service (USDA-ARS), National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory, West Lafayette, IN, USA Received: 25 September 2008 – Accepted: 26 January 2009 – Published: 9 March 2009 Correspondence to: N. Konz (nadine.konz@unibas.ch) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.

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