A review of erosion and sediment transport models

Abstract Information on sediment and nutrient export from catchments and about related erosive processes is required by catchment managers and decision-makers. Many models exist for the consideration of these processes. However, these models differ greatly in terms of their complexity, their inputs and requirements, the processes they represent and the manner in which these processes are represented, the scale of their intended use and the types of output information they provide. This paper reviews several different erosion and sediment and sediment-associated nutrient transport models with regard to these factors. The review of models is limited to those models with explicit considerations of either the sediment generation or transport process.

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