SURFACE EROSION AND INFLUENCE THEM ON THE PROPERTIES AND PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY ON THE SLOPING LANDS IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN AREA OF OLTENIA

Abstract

Within the south-west zone of Oltenia there are large surfaces occupied by soils affected by surface erosion. Among them, there are antrosol erodic encountered on the sloppy slopes with 3- 35% declination, in which conditions the accelerated erosion led to the removal of the most part of the soil profile in such a way that the remaining profile does not identify the former soil profile.
The present researches have been taken into consideration an erodic arch anthrosol and erodic cambic anthrosol , both with a low humus content and mineral nutrients and a low natural fertility.