Landform, Soils and Erosion in the North-Eastern Irangi Hills, Kondoa, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorPayton, R. W.
dc.contributor.authorChristiansson, C.
dc.contributor.authorShishira, E. K.
dc.contributor.authorYanda, Pius Z.
dc.contributor.authorEriksson, M. G.
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-10T08:07:32Z
dc.date.available2016-03-10T08:07:32Z
dc.date.issued1992
dc.descriptionFull text available at http://www.jstor.org/stable/521285?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contentsen_US
dc.description.abstractThe northern eastern Iringa Hills of the Kondoa District, Tanzania are severely affected by soil erosion with consequent land degradation caused by the loss of productive soil, gullying, sand deposition on lower slopes, and rapid siltation of lakes. Major changes in land surface morphology and soil characteristics have drasticallyaltered the pattern of cultivation and settlement. A knowledge of soil and environmental conditions that existed prior to the phase of modern accelerated erosion in fundamental to the accurate assessment of land degradation processes, the extent of soil erosion and sedimentation, and the degree and sustainability of land recovery. This paper integrated the results of recent field-based geomorphological, pedological, and sedimentological studies in the Haubi and Mwisanga catchments. Landform, soil toposequences and recent colluvial and alluvial deposits are described in relation to erosion features, the dynamics vegetation/land use changes and the development of Lake Haubi. Modification of the pre-existing soil landscape by accelerated erosional and depositional process is discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPayton, R. W., C. Christiansson, E. K. Shishira, P. Yanda, and M. G. Eriksson. 1992. “Landform, Soils and Erosion in the North-eastern Irangi Hills, Kondoa, Tanzania”. Geografiska Annaler. Series A, Physical Geography 74 (2/3). [Wiley, Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography]: 65–79. doi:10.2307/521285.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.2307/521285
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/783
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.subjectGeochronologicalen_US
dc.subjectpedologicaen_US
dc.subjectsedimentologicalen_US
dc.subjecthillsen_US
dc.subjectcultivationen_US
dc.subjectsoil erosionen_US
dc.titleLandform, Soils and Erosion in the North-Eastern Irangi Hills, Kondoa, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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